Cross-site request forgery in CrushFTP lets attackers change server settings
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Active
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Tampering
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-352.
Summary
CrushFTP before 7.3.0 contains a cross-site request forgery flaw (CWE-352) because CSRF protection is disabled by default. An attacker can lure an authenticated administrator to a malicious page that submits POST requests to commands such as setUserItem, which can create root-access users or change server configuration. A public exploit is linked in the references.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-03
Description from the CNA
CrushFTP before 7.3.0 contains a cross-site request forgery vulnerability that allows attackers to perform administrative actions because CSRF protection is disabled by default. Attackers can lure an authenticated administrator to a malicious page that submits POST requests to commands like setUserItem, creating root-access users or changing server configuration.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
Update CrushFTP to version 7.3.0 or later, which fixes the issue.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-03
- Fix · CNA CrushFTP (CrushFTP) Fixed in 7.3.0
Timeline
- 2026-10-28 Threatist record created from CVE-2015-20129
- 2026-10-28 Alias added: GHSA-mqhh-7q5p-3qx9
- 2026-10-28 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
- 2026-11-03 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-11-03 Priority changed: LOW → HIGH
References
More CrushFTP vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-34136 CrushFTP 10 before 10.8.5 and 11 before 11.3.4_23, when the DMZ proxy feature is not… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-22407 Authentication bypass in CrushFTP KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-03769 Unauthenticated arbitrary file read and remote code execution in CrushFTP KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2023-23122 CrushFTP prior to 10.5.1 is vulnerable to Improperly Controlled Modification of… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-26623 The SSH transport protocol with certain OpenSSH extensions, found in OpenSSH before 9.6… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.9
- TI-2025-39307 Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in CrushFTP 11.3.6_48. CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
Sources
- CVE-2015-20129 · CVE Program
- CVE-2015-20129 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-mqhh-7q5p-3qx9 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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