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…
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 11.9%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 11.93% probability · 96th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 11 January 2018
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- transmissionbt/transmission · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 11.9% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1447Exploit, Issue Tracking, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/transmission/transmission/pull/468Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00020.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201806-07Third Party Advisory
- https://twitter.com/taviso/status/951526615145566208Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4087Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43665/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1447Exploit, Issue Tracking, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/transmission/transmission/pull/468Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00020.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201806-07Third Party Advisory
- https://twitter.com/taviso/status/951526615145566208Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4087Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43665/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
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