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CVE-2012-4037
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the web client in Transmission before 2.61 allow remote attackers to inject…
Low2.6EPSS 1.4%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 26 days later
· 26 days later
Published
- 12 years later
· 12 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.6 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.4% · top 26% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.6.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (8)
- http://www.madirish.net/541 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 50769 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20120726 Transmission BitTorrent XSS Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 54705 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://trac.transmissionbt.com/wiki/Changes#version-2.61 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://trac.transmissionbt.com/ticket/4979 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 50027 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- USN-1584-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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