CVE-2009-0542: ProFTPD Project ProFTPD

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 73.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

SQL injection vulnerability in ProFTPD Server 1.3.1 through 1.3.2rc2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via a "%" (percent) character in the username, which introduces a "'" (single quote) character during variable substitution by mod_sql.

Affected products

• ProFTPD Project ProFTPD: version 1.3.1 only; version 1.3.2 only; version 1.3.2_rc2 only

Published 2009-02-12. Last modified 2026-06-16.