{"id":"CVE-2024-7744","aliases":["EUVD-2024-48621","GHSA-m9cp-9vc4-2wpg"],"status":"published","title":"Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') in Progress WS_FTP Server","description":"In WS_FTP Server versions before 8.8.8 (2022.0.8), an Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in the Web Transfer Module allows File Discovery, Probe System Files, User-Controlled Filename, Path Traversal.\n \n\nAn authenticated file download flaw has been identified where a user can craft an API call that allows them to download a file from an arbitrary folder on the drive where that user host's root folder is located (by default this is 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