CVE-2008-6586 Cross-site request forgery in n/a
Remote attackers can hijack user and admin sessions to force torrent downloads or modify admin settings via CSRF in uTorrent WebUI.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2008-6586?
CVE-2008-6586 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 3 Apr 2009. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in gui/index.php in µTorrent (uTorrent) WebUI 0.315 allows remote attackers to (1) hijack the authentication of users for requests that force the download of arbitrary torrent files via the add-url action and (2) hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that modify the administrator account via the setsetting action.
Weakness: CWE-352
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-6586?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Utorrent Utorrent Webui.
How do I fix CVE-2008-6586?
No fix has been published for CVE-2008-6586 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2008-6586 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2008-6586 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-fghj-4j9p-gw48.