VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2008-2889

Directory traversal vulnerability in the FTP client in AceBIT WISE-FTP 4.1.0 and 5.5.8 allows remote FTP servers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a ..\ (dot dot backslash) in a response to a LIST command, a related issue to CVE-2002-1345.

EXPLOIT ✓MEDIUM 6.8EPSS 2.21%

Does this matter?

A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 2.2%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.

Description

CVSS 2.0: 6.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS: 2.21% probability · 82th percentile
Public exploits: 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 20 June 2008
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-22
Affected: wise-ftp/wise-ftp
Source: cve@mitre.org

EPSS trend

EPSS 2.2% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Public exploits (1)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-ID	Title	Type	Published	Verified
EDB-31941 source ↗	WISE-FTP 4.1/5.5.8 - FTP Client 'LIST' Directory Traversalmultiple · Tan Chew Keong	remote	20 June 2008	yes

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.