SpotFTP FTP Password Recovery 3.0.0.0 - 'Key' Denial of Service
Priority MEDIUM 60CWE-787Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Active
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · Low
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
SpotFTP 3.0.0.0 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in the registration key input field that allows attackers to crash the application. Attackers can generate a 1000-character payload and paste it into the 'Key' field to trigger an application crash and denial of service.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00471 40th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA and NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-37208
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-35f2-992w-gmjg
References
Exploit 1
Other 1
More Nsasoft Spotftp vulnerabilities
- TI-2019-15763 SpotFTP Password Recover 2.4.2 Denial of Service via Name Field CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
- TI-2020-19344 SpotFTP FTP Password Recovery 3.0.0.0 - 'Name' Denial of Service CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 4.6
Sources
- CVE-2020-37208 · CVE Program
- CVE-2020-37208 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-35f2-992w-gmjg · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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