CVE-2018-25226

FTPShell Server 6.83 Denial of Service via Account Name

Published Mar 30, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 6.9 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
FTPShell Server 6.83 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by supplying an excessively long string in the account name field. Attackers can trigger a denial of service by pasting a 417-byte payload into the 'Account name to ban' parameter within the Manage FTP Accounts interface.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description FTPShell Server 6.83 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by supplying an excessively long string in the account name field. Attackers can trigger a denial of service by pasting a 417-byte payload into the 'Account name to ban' parameter within the Manage FTP Accounts interface.
Title FTPShell Server 6.83 Denial of Service via Account Name
First Time appeared Ftpshell
Ftpshell ftpshell Server
Weaknesses CWE-787
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:ftpshell:ftpshell_server:2002:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ftpshell:ftpshell_server:6.83:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Ftpshell
Ftpshell ftpshell Server
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
VulnCheck
Published
Updated
Mar 30, 2026, 4:00 PM
Reserved
Mar 30, 2026, 10:53 AM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Mar 30, 2026, 12:16 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:55 AM