CVE-2005-2898: Filezilla

Medium severity, CVSS 4.6. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

NOTE: this issue has been disputed by the vendor. FileZilla 2.2.14b and 2.2.15, and possibly earlier versions, when "Use secure mode" is disabled, uses a weak encryption scheme to store the user's password in the configuration settings file, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information. NOTE: the vendor has disputed the issue, stating that "the problem is not a vulnerability at all, but in fact a fundamental issue of every single program that can store passwords transparently.

Affected products

• Filezilla Filezilla: version 2.2.14b only; version 2.2.15 only

Published 2005-09-14. Last modified 2026-06-16.