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CVE-2008-5905
The web interface plugin in KTorrent before 3.1.4 allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and upload arbitrary…
Medium4.3EPSS 2.5%
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- mitre
Description
The web interface plugin in KTorrent before 3.1.4 allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and upload arbitrary torrent files, and trigger the start of downloads and seeding, via a crafted HTTP POST request.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.5% · top 16% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (13)
- [oss-security] 20090108 CVE request: ktorrent (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 31927 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- USN-711-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 32447 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 32442 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 34003 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- GLSA-200902-05 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=244741 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 33675 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://ktorrent.org/?q=node/23 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=504178 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2008-2911 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- ktorrent-webinterface-weak-security(46117) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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