CVE-2020-15152
Server-Side Request Forgery in ftp-srv
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- GitHub_M
Description
ftp-srv is an npm package which is a modern and extensible FTP server designed to be simple yet configurable. In ftp-srv before versions 2.19.6, 3.1.2, and 4.3.4 are vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery. The PORT command allows arbitrary IPs which can be used to cause the server to make a connection elsewhere. A possible workaround is blocking the PORT through the configuration. This issue is fixed in version2 2.19.6, 3.1.2, and 4.3.4. More information can be found on the linked advisory.
Timeline
ID reserved
By GitHub_M
- 53 days later
· 53 days later
Published
- 4 years later
· 4 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub_MCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Critical9.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Critical9.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.9% · top 21% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.1.
Weakness
Affected products
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- npmftp-srvGHSA-jw37-5gqr-cf9j (opens in a new tab)
References (3)
- https://github.com/autovance/ftp-srv/security/advisories/GHSA-jw37-5gqr-cf9j (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/autovance/ftp-srv/commit/e449e75219d918c400dec65b4b0759f60476abca (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.npmjs.com/package/ftp-srv (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-jw37-5gqr-cf9j (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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