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Monsta FTP downloadFile Remote Code Execution

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Disclosed
Nov 7, 2025
Created
Nov 27, 2025

Description

This module exploits a pre-authenticated remote code execution vulnerability
in Monsta FTP versions action which allows an attacker to connect to a malicious FTP or SFTP server
and download arbitrary files to arbitrary locations on the Monsta FTP server.
This module uses FTP to exploit the vulnerability.

Authors

watchTowr Labs
Valentin Lobstein [email protected]
msutovsky-r7

Platform

Linux,PHP,Unix,Windows

Architectures

php, cmd

References

Module Options

To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands 'show options' or 'show advanced':


    msf > use exploit/multi/http/monsta_ftp_downloadfile_rce
    msf exploit(monsta_ftp_downloadfile_rce) > show targets
        ...targets...
    msf exploit(monsta_ftp_downloadfile_rce) > set TARGET < target-id >
    msf exploit(monsta_ftp_downloadfile_rce) > show options
        ...show and set options...
    msf exploit(monsta_ftp_downloadfile_rce) > exploit
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