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CVE-2026-90862medium4.3

Web Transfer Module Multi-Factor Authentication Bypass in Progress WS_FTP Server

Impact

Progress WS_FTP Server's Web Transfer Module has an authentication weakness, allowing an attacker with a user's password to access certain files without multi-factor authentication on Windows versions prior to 2024.0.7 and 2025.0.4. An attacker needs a user's password to exploit this vulnerability.

Summarized by @cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast. Verify details against the original sources.

What to do

Restrict Web Transfer Module access to trusted networks and users, and disable Web Transfer functionality if it is not required. Contact Progress Software Technical Support for guidance on available mitigations.

ProgressSoftware guidance

Affected packages

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Progress Software · ProgressSoftware

WS_FTP Server

2 ranges
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Platforms: Windows

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affected

0 → before 2024.0.7

custom versions

0 → before 2025.0.4

custom versions

unaffected

unknown

Other versions: unaffected

Original source description

Improper authentication in the Web Transfer Module of Progress Software WS_FTP Server versions prior to 2024.0.7 and 2025.0.4 on Windows could allow an attacker with a user’s password to access certain files associated with that account without satisfying multi-factor authentication requirements.

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CVE-2026-90862

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Underlying weaknesses

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CWE-287 ↗

CWE-287: Improper Authentication

ProgressSoftware

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CWE-308 ↗

CWE-308: Use of Single-factor Authentication

ProgressSoftware

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Contributing organizations · 2
ProgressSoftware

Assigning organization

2026-10-29
CISA-ADP

Additional data publisher

2026-10-30

What changed

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  1. CVE · CVE-2026-90862

    Observed 2026-10-30T18:54:58.018Z · upstream updated 2026-10-30T17:14:03.885Z

    Prioritization updated

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    "source": "CISA-ADP",
    "type": "SSVC",
    "role": "CISA Coordinator",
    "timestamp": "2026-10-30T17:13:52.462395Z",
    "decisions": [
      {
        "name": "Exploitation",
        "value": "none"
      },
      {
        "name": "Automatable",
        "value": "no"
      },
      {
        "name": "Technical Impact",
        "value": "partial"
      }
    ]
  }
]

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References

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progress.lightning.force.com/lightning/r/Knowledge__kav/ka7Pb000001vl86IAA/view
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