Transmission up to 0.89 Web Client cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Transmission up to 0.89. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Web Client. This manipulation causes cross site scripting. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2012-4037. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Transmission up to 0.89. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component Web Client. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the web client in Transmission before 2.61 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) comment, (2) created by, or (3) name field in a torrent file.

The weakness was released 08/15/2012 by Justin C. Klein Keane (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at trac.transmissionbt.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2012-4037 since 07/20/2012. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 80796 (Oracle Solaris Third-Party Patch Update : transmission (cve_2012_4037_xss_vulnerability)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Solaris Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 122090 (Solaris 11.1 Support Repository Update (SRU) 19.6.0 Missing).

Upgrading to version 0.90 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (77257), Tenable (80796), SecurityFocus (BID 54705†), Secunia (SA50027†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-36385†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-67094 and VDB-67141. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Name

• Transmission

Version

• 0.1
• 0.2
• 0.3
• 0.4
• 0.5
• 0.6
• 0.7
• 0.8
• 0.9
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• 0.86
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• 0.88
• 0.89

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.1

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 80796
Nessus Name: Oracle Solaris Third-Party Patch Update : transmission (cve_2012_4037_xss_vulnerability)
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OpenVAS ID: 841164
OpenVAS Name: Ubuntu Update for transmission USN-1584-1
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Transmission 0.90

Timelineinfo

07/20/2012 🔍
07/27/2012 +7 days 🔍
07/27/2012 +0 days 🔍
07/27/2012 +0 days 🔍
08/15/2012 +19 days 🔍
08/15/2012 +0 days 🔍
10/07/2012 +53 days 🔍
01/19/2015 +834 days 🔍
03/23/2015 +63 days 🔍
12/07/2021 +2451 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: USN-1584-1
Researcher: Justin C. Klein Keane
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2012-4037 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-4037
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-61651

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X-Force: 77257
SecurityFocus: 54705 - Transmission Multiple HTML Injection Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 50027 - Transmission "comment" and "created by" Script Insertion Vulnerabiliti, Less Critical
Vulnerability Center: 36385 - Transmission <2.6.1 Multiple XSS Vulnerabilities via Several Parameters in a Torrent File, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 12/07/2021 21:04
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (64), 04/17/2017 12:34 (14), 12/07/2021 20:55 (3), 12/07/2021 21:04 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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