Vulnerability in Transmissionbt Transmission
CVE-2018-5702
Transmission through 2.92 relies on X-Transmission-Session-Id (which is not a forbidden header for Fetch) for access control, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary RPC commands, and consequently write to arbitrary files, via POST requests to /transmission/rpc in conjunction with a DNS rebinding attack.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.119 (96.1th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 96th percentile — 96.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.119 · newest: 0.119 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Transmissionbt Transmission
- Debian Linux — versions 7.0, 8.0, 9.0
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail (Technical Description, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43665/ (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit)
- www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4087 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- github.com/transmission/transmission/pull/468 (Technical Description, Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201806-07 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- twitter.com/taviso/status/951526615145566208 (Third Party Advisory)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00020.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-5702?
- CVE-2018-5702 is a high-severity vulnerability in Transmissionbt Transmission. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-01-15.
- How severe is CVE-2018-5702?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2018-5702 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.