ProFTPd 1.3.9 mod_sql SQL Injection / Remote Code Execution

ProFTPD versions prior to 1.3.9a contain an SQL injection vulnerability in the modsql module due to improper handling of attacker-controlled values considered already escaped. This exploit uses an authenticated FTP STOR filename to inject a stacked PostgreSQL query and execute an arbitrary...

CVE-2026-42167 - ProFTPD mod_sql post-authentication SQLi - RCE

!/usr/bin/env python3 """ CVE-2026-42167 — ProFTPD modsql post-authentication SQL injection - RCE postauthstorrce.py --host --port 21 \ --user --password \ --shell-host --shell-port 4444 SUMMARY ------- ProFTPD's modsql logs FTP activity through user-supplied SQL. Its escaping helper isescapedtex...