---
id: "CVE-2026-90872"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2026-90872"]
title: "WS_FTP Server: Manager console lets an admin run commands on Windows"
severity: "medium"
cvss: 6.6
epss: null
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "other"
products: []
ecosystems: []
tags: ["file-transfer", "iis", "other", "windows", "ws_ftp_server"]
not_affected_if: ["no-manager-admin-exposure", "non-windows", "patched-version"]
published_at: "2026-10-29T16:20:05+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-29T16:26:03+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-29T16:30:13+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-90872", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-29T16:26:03+00:00"}]
---

# WS_FTP Server: Manager console lets an admin run commands on Windows

WS_FTP Server's Manager web console on Windows fails to neutralize directives in dynamically evaluated code. An authenticated Manager administrator can execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the WS_FTP Server IIS worker process.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## How to check

- Check the installed WS_FTP Server version in the Manager console or on the server; versions prior to `2024.0.7` and `2025.0.4` are listed as affected.
- Confirm the host runs on Windows with the WS_FTP Server IIS worker process.

## Fix

- WS_FTP Server `2024.0.7` for the 2024 line
- WS_FTP Server `2025.0.4` for the 2025 line

## Timeline

- 2026-10-29T16:26:03+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-90872

## From the sources

Improper neutralization of directives in dynamically evaluated code in the Manager web console of Progress Software WS_FTP Server versions prior to 2024.0.7 and 2025.0.4 on Windows could allow an authenticated Manager administrator to execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the WS_FTP Server IIS worker process.

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