CVE-2026-90861

Password Disclosure via Activity Logs Enabling Administrator Privilege Escalation in WS_FTP Server

State: Published
Severity: 6.6 Medium
Published: Oct 29, 2026
Updated: Oct 30, 2026
Reserved: Sep 14, 2026

Description

Progress Software WS_FTP Server versions prior to 2024.0.7 and 2025.0.4 on Windows may expose a user's password in clear text to another administrator, who could use it to gain broader administrative access to the server.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	6.6 Medium	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	ProgressSoftware

Weaknesses

CWE-532 Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File
CWE-522 Insufficiently Protected Credentials

Affected Products

Product	Versions
WS_FTP ServerProgress Software	before 2024.0.7Affected before 2025.0.4Affected

References

https://progress.lightning.force.com/lightning/r/Knowledge__kav/ka7Pb000001vl86IAA/viewvendor-advisory

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