CVE-2008-5905
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 2.5%EU EUVD
The web interface plugin in KTorrent before 3.1.4 allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and upload arbitrary torrent files, and trigger the start of downloads and seeding, via a crafted HTTP POST request.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 2.5% (84th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-5875)
- Published
- January 15, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-5875 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- ktorrent / ktorrent
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References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=504178
- http://ktorrent.org/?q=node/23(Vendor Advisory)
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/08/1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32442(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32447(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33675
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34003
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200902-05.xml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31927
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-711-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2911
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=244741
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46117
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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