A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Coreftp Core FTP 2.0 . Impacted is an unknown function of the component PBSZ Command Handler . This manipulation causes missing authentication. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2019-25686 . It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.
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VDB-355460 · CVE-2019-25686 · EXPLOIT 46532
COREFTP CORE FTP 2.0 PBSZ COMMAND MISSING AUTHENTICATION
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Summaryinfo
A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Coreftp Core FTP 2.0. The affected element is an unknown function of the component PBSZ Command Handler. Such manipulation leads to missing authentication. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2019-25686. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. Furthermore, an exploit is available.
Detailsinfo
A vulnerability was found in Coreftp Core FTP 2.0 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the component PBSZ Command Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a missing authentication vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-306. The product does not perform any authentication for functionality that requires a provable user identity or consumes a significant amount of resources. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
Core FTP 2.0 build 653 contains a denial of service vulnerability in the PBSZ command that allows unauthenticated attackers to crash the service by sending a malformed command with an oversized buffer. Attackers can send a PBSZ command with a payload exceeding 211 bytes to trigger an access violation and crash the FTP server process.
The advisory is shared for download at exploit-db.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2019-25686 since 04/05/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.
The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (46532).
Productinfo
Vendor
Coreftp
Name
Core FTP
Version
2.0
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.0
VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.6
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CNA Base Score: 7.5
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Exploitinginfo
Class: Missing authentication
CWE: CWE-306 / CWE-287
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Physical: No
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Remote: Yes
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Countermeasuresinfo
Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo
04/05/2026 CVE reserved
04/06/2026 +1 days Advisory disclosed
04/06/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
04/06/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update
Sourcesinfo
Advisory: 46532
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2019-25686 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-25686
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-355460
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
Entryinfo
Created: 04/06/2026 08:05
Changes: 04/06/2026 08:05 (79)
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