CVE-2018-5702 is a critical vulnerability affecting Transmission BitTorrent client versions up to 2.92, as well as related Debian packages. It allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary RPC commands and write to arbitrary files through a DNS rebinding attack, bypassing access controls that rely on the X-Transmission-Session-Id header. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity, requires user interaction, and can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code is available on ExploitDB, and it has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating a high potential for exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.92CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:transmissionbt:transmission:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.