What is CVE-2025-5196?

CVE-2025-5196 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wftpserver Wing FTP Server, classified under CWE-250. CVSS score: 6.6/10. Published 2025-05-26.

How severe is CVE-2025-5196?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.6 out of 10.

Is CVE-2025-5196 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Wftpserver Wing FTP Server

CVE-2025-5196

A vulnerability has been found in Wing FTP Server up to 7.4.3 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Lua Admin Console. The manipulation leads to execution with unnecessary privileges. The attack can be launched remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation appears to be difficult. Upgrading to version 7.4.4 is able to address this issue. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The vendor explains: "[W]e do not consider it as a security vulnerability, because the system admin in WingFTP has full permissions [...], but you can suggest the user run WingFTP service as Normal User rather than SYSTEM/Root, it will be safer."

Published 2025-05-26 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.6 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.010 (62.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 62nd percentile — 62.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Wftpserver Wing FTP Server
Wing FTP Server — versions 7.4.0, 7.4.1, 7.4.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-250

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

vuldb.com/ (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
vuldb.com/ (signature, Permissions Required, permissions-required, VDB Entry)
vuldb.com/ (Exploit, VDB Entry, third-party-advisory)
github.com/Nouvexr/Wing-FTP-Server-7.4.4-RCE-Authenticated/blob/main/poc.txt (Exploit, exploit)
www.wftpserver.com/serverhistory.htm (patch, Broken Link)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-5196?: CVE-2025-5196 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wftpserver Wing FTP Server, classified under CWE-250. CVSS score: 6.6/10. Published 2025-05-26.
How severe is CVE-2025-5196?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.6 out of 10.
Is CVE-2025-5196 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.