CVE-2008-6585

Exp

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in html/admin.php in TorrentFlux 2.3 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that add new accounts via the addUser action.

Published: 2009-04-03 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-6585 is rated High Exploit Risk (65.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.22%). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-6585

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
31671 exploit_db edb 2008-04-18 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-6585

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.29% 1.22% +0.93%
2 2026-05-24 0.18% 0.29% +0.12%
3 2025-03-17 0.18%

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-6585

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-6585

OS Trackers for CVE-2008-6585

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2008-6585 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (torrentflux), 7 status rows across 7 suites (dapper, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, upstream): not-affected 4, DNE 1, ignored 1, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-6585

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-6585

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
torrentflux torrentflux 2.3 cpe:2.3:a:torrentflux:torrentflux:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-6585

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