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Case File

CVE-2009-0542

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 77.40% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2009-02-12 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

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CVE
CVE-2009-0542
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.5
EPSS
77.40%

Original NVD Description

SQL injection vulnerability in ProFTPD Server 1.3.1 through 1.3.2rc2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via a "%" (percent) character in the username, which introduces a "'" (single quote) character during variable substitution by mod_sql.