CVE-2018-5702
transmission - security update
8.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 26.3%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2018-5702
To remediate CVE-2018-5702, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 2.92-3 or later
- —upgrade to 2.52-3+nmu3 or later
- —upgrade to 2.84-0.2+deb8u1 or later
Is CVE-2018-5702 being exploited?
Moderate — EPSS is 26.3%. Track this CVE but it's not at the top of the prioritisation list.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 2.92-3
- from 0, < 2.52-3+nmu3
- from 0, < 2.84-0.2+deb8u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |