TorrentFlux 2.3 admin.php cross-site request forgery

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in TorrentFlux 2.3. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file admin.php. Performing a manipulation results in cross-site request forgery. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2008-6585. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in TorrentFlux 2.3 (Peer-to-Peer Software). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown code of the file admin.php. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross-site request forgery vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-352. The web application does not, or can not, sufficiently verify whether a well-formed, valid, consistent request was intentionally provided by the user who submitted the request. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in html/admin.php in TorrentFlux 2.3 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that add new accounts via the addUser action.

The weakness was shared 04/17/2008 by Michael Brooks (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-6585 since 04/03/2009. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details and a public exploit are known.

The exploit is shared for download at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:admin.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (41926), Exploit-DB (31671), SecurityFocus (BID 28846†), OSVDB (44646†) and Secunia (SA29935†). The entries VDB-47501, VDB-47500 and VDB-47498 are related to this item. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.7

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.7
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross-site request forgery
CWE: CWE-352 / CWE-862 / CWE-863
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

04/17/2008 🔍
04/18/2008 +1 days 🔍
04/26/2008 +8 days 🔍
04/03/2009 +341 days 🔍
04/03/2009 +0 days 🔍
03/17/2015 +2174 days 🔍
10/25/2025 +3874 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Michael Brooks
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2008-6585 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-6585
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-47499
X-Force: 41926
SecurityFocus: 28846 - TorrentFlux Cross-Site Request Forgery and Remote PHP Script Code Execution Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 29935
OSVDB: 44646 - TorrentFlux admin.php Administrator Account Creation CSRF

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 23:38
Updated: 10/25/2025 00:50
Changes: 03/17/2015 23:38 (51), 08/14/2017 10:20 (9), 10/25/2025 00:50 (21)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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