CVE-2008-5906

MEDIUM 6.8CVE-2008-5906 · Published 15/01/2009 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2008-5906 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.8) vulnerability affecting ktorrent (ktorrent).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.0%, higher than 80.5% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
ktorrent ktorrent	`= 0.9= 1.0= 1.1= 1.2= 2.0= 2.0.1= 2.0.2= 2.0.3= 2.1= 2.1.1= 2.1.2= 2.1.3= 2.1.4= 2.2= 2.2.1= 2.2.2= 2.2.3= 2.2.4= 2.2.5= 2.2.6= 2.2.7= 2.2.8= 3.0= 3.0.0= 3.0.1= 3.0.2= 3.1.1= 3.1.2≤ 3.1.3`	No fix yet

Description

Eval injection vulnerability in the web interface plugin in KTorrent before 3.1.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via unspecified parameters to this interface's PHP scripts.

References

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

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