U.S. Dept Of Defense · Report #197976
Open FTP on ███
Validstatus
mediumseverity
7upvotes
2 Dec 2019disclosed
How it was found
Summary: FTP panel Allows anyone to connect to the FTP server,viewing and downloading any files hosted there. This isn't recommend especially if any sensitive information is stored
Impact
High severity vulnerability allowing total information disclosure of internal directories, and being allowed internal access to the website.
Step-by-step Reproduction Instructions
- Connect to ████ or using an ftp program like Filezilla
- you'll see you have access below is a snippet
220-You are accessing a U.S. Government (USG) Information System (IS) that is provided for USG-authorized use only.
230 Login successful.
214-The following commands are recognized.
ABOR ACCT ALLO APPE CDUP CWD DELE EPRT EPSV FEAT HELP LIST MDTM MKD
MODE NLST NOOP OPTS PASS PASV PORT PWD QUIT REIN REST RETR RMD RNFR
RNTO SITE SIZE SMNT STAT STOR STOU STRU SYST TYPE USER XCUP XCWD XMKD
XPWD XRMD
214 Help OK.
Suggested Mitigation/Remediation Actions
Disable anonymous log in and create ftp accounts that follow security protocols