CVE-2008-6587

Exp

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in index.tmpl in Vuze (formerly Azureus HTML WebUI), probably 0.7.6, allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of users for requests that force the download of arbitrary torrent files via the upurl parameter.

Published: 2009-04-03 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-6587 is rated Exploit Available (58.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.63%). Core evidence: 1 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-2008-6587

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-6587

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 0.14% 0.63% +0.49%
2 2025-03-17 0.30% 0.14% -0.16%
3 2023-03-07 0.30%

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-6587

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-2008-6587

OS Trackers for CVE-2008-6587

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2008-6587 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (azureus), 7 status rows across 7 suites (dapper, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, upstream): not-affected 5, ignored 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-6587

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-6587

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
vuze vuze 0.7.6 cpe:2.3:a:vuze:vuze:0.7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-6587

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