CISA Warns of Actively Exploited Wing FTP Server Vulnerability That Could Enable RCE Attacks

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has warned federal agencies to secure Wing FTP Server instances against an actively exploited vulnerability. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-47813, allows attackers with low privileges to obtain the application’s full installation path by abusing error messages generated through a manipulated UID cookie, potentially enabling further compromise. Researchers indicate the vulnerability can be chained with a critical remote code execution (RCE) flaw, CVE-2025-47812, which attackers began exploiting shortly after technical details were disclosed. Both vulnerabilities, along with an additional information disclosure bug (CVE-2025-27889) that could expose user passwords, were patched in Wing FTP Server version 7.4.4 in May 2025. After proof-of-concept exploit code was released by security researcher Julien Ahrens, CISA added CVE-2025-47813 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog and ordered Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) agencies to remediate the issue within two weeks under Binding Operational Directive 22-01. Although the directive applies only to federal agencies, CTIX analysts urge all organizations to patch immediately, warning that vulnerabilities in widely deployed file transfer servers remain a common and high-impact attack vector.