CVE-2008-2939: Apache HTTP Server

Medium severity, CVSS 4.3. EPSS: 39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in proxy_ftp.c in the mod_proxy_ftp module in Apache 2.0.63 and earlier, and mod_proxy_ftp.c in the mod_proxy_ftp module in Apache 2.2.9 and earlier 2.2 versions, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a wildcard in the last directory component in the pathname in an FTP URI.

Affected products

• Apache HTTP Server: up to and including 2.0.63; from 2.2.0, up to and including 2.2.9
• Apple Mac OS X: up to and including 10.5.6
• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: version 6.06 only; version 7.10 only; version 8.04 only
• Opensuse Opensuse: version 10.2 only; version 10.3 only; version 11.0 only

Published 2008-08-06. Last modified 2026-06-16.