# 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.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.8 (`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`)
- **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 available:** No
- **Published:** 3 Apr 2009
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-fghj-4j9p-gw48

## 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 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-6586?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 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:

- μTorrent (uTorrent) WebUI 0.310 Beta 2 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (exploitdb)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2008-6586 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2008-6586 exists.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-6586/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-6586/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-6586
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-6586
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-6586

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-6586/
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