CVE-2008-6587 Cross-site request forgery in n/a
Attackers can force users to download arbitrary torrent files via CSRF, requiring user interaction to exploit.
- 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-2008-6587?
CVE-2008-6587 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 index.tmpl in Vuze (formerly Azureus HTML WebUI), probably 0.7.6, allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of users for requests that force the download of arbitrary torrent files via the upurl parameter.
Weakness: CWE-352
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-6587?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Vuze Vuze.
How do I fix CVE-2008-6587?
No fix has been published for CVE-2008-6587 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2008-6587 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-6587 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-pc45-gjcg-vcrg.