CVE-2005-2898: filezilla
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2005-2898 is a medium (CVSS 4.6) vulnerability in filezilla. EPSS estimates a 0.50% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 42.5% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.
Not severe (CVSS 4.6, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Timeline
- 14-09-2005PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 07-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
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.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
0.50%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
43%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.50% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
2 foundExploit Reference (securityfocus.com)
Maturity: unknown
FileZilla 2.2.15 - FTP Client Hard-Coded Cipher Key
Maturity: poc
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Known conditions: local access, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Filezilla1 product
- filezilla2.2.14b | 2.2.15
1 vendor · 1 product
References
5 links- filezilla.sourceforge.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1328X Refsource MISC