CVE-2019-13640 is a critical command injection vulnerability affecting qBittorrent versions prior to 4.1.7. Attackers can achieve remote command execution by injecting shell metacharacters into the torrent name or current tracker parameters, often via a crafted RSS feed. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL) due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been observed, and community discussion is minimal, its high EPSS and FAUCET scores indicate a significant potential risk.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 4.1.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:qbittorrent:qbittorrent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.