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CVE-2008-5906

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-5906 describes an eval injection vulnerability in the web interface plugin of KTorrent versions prior to 3.1.4, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 6.8, indicating a medium severity with a network attack vector, medium attack complexity, and potential for partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 3.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ktorrent:ktorrent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ktorrent:ktorrent:0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ktorrent:ktorrent:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ktorrent:ktorrent:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ktorrent:ktorrent:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.97%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
78.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0197 is in the 62nd percentile among its peer group of 19,954 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-5906

ktorrent: multiple security issues in the web interface

References

bugs.debian.org / cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
ktorrent.org
Vendor Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2009/01/08/1
bugs.gentoo.org / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/32442
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/32447
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/33675
secunia.com / advisories/34003
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200902-05.xml
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/46118
securityfocus.com / bid/31927
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-711-1
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/2911