Wing FTP Server 8.1.2 contains an authenticated remote code execution vulnerability in the session serialization mechanism that allows authenticated administrators to inject arbitrary Lua code through the domain admin mydirectory field. Attackers can exploit unsafe serialization of session values into Lua source code without proper escaping of closing delimiters, causing the injected code to be executed when the poisoned session is loaded via loadfile().
Wing FTP Server 8.1.2 Authenticated Remote Code Execution via Session Serialization
Problem type
Affected products
Wing FTP Server
8.1.2 - AFFECTED
8.1.3 - UNAFFECTED
References
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/wing-ftp-server-authenticated-remote-code-execution-via-session-serialization
https://www.wftpserver.com/serverhistory.htm
GitHub Security Advisories
GHSA-ffh5-r5xj-cgmg
Wing FTP Server 8.1.2 contains an authenticated remote code execution vulnerability in the...
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-ffh5-r5xj-cgmgWing FTP Server 8.1.2 contains an authenticated remote code execution vulnerability in the session serialization mechanism that allows authenticated administrators to inject arbitrary Lua code through the domain admin mydirectory field. Attackers can exploit unsafe serialization of session values into Lua source code without proper escaping of closing delimiters, causing the injected code to be executed when the poisoned session is loaded via loadfile().
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-44403
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/wing-ftp-server-authenticated-remote-code-execution-via-session-serialization
https://www.wftpserver.com/serverhistory.htm
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-ffh5-r5xj-cgmg
JSON source
https://cveawg.mitre.org/api/cve/CVE-2026-44403Click to expand
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