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CVE-2025-5196 affects Wing FTP Server through version 7.4.3. The issue is described in the Lua Admin Console component, where an unspecified functionality can be manipulated such that execution occurs with unnecessary privileges. The vulnerability is remotely reachable and results in code or actions being performed in the security context of an overly privileged Wing FTP service account, such as SYSTEM on Windows or root on Unix-like systems. The public description does not identify the exact vulnerable function or code path, but indicates that the core issue is excessive privilege use during execution within the administrative Lua console context.
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This repository provides a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit for CVE-2025-5196, a remote code execution vulnerability in Wing FTP Server 7.4.4 (Windows). The exploit leverages the administrative Lua scripting console available via the web interface, which allows authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary Lua code with insufficient sandboxing. The PoC demonstrates how an attacker can use this console to execute OS commands that download a Netcat binary from an attacker-controlled server and then execute it to establish a reverse shell back to the attacker's machine. The repository consists of a detailed README.md explaining the vulnerability, affected versions, and exploitation steps, and a poc.txt file containing the exact Lua commands to be used in the console. The exploit requires valid administrator credentials and network access to the web interface. The main endpoints involved are the attacker's HTTP server hosting the Netcat binary and the IP/port used for the reverse shell connection.
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