CVE-2012-4037

Exp

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the web client in Transmission before 2.61 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) comment, (2) created by, or (3) name field in a torrent file.

Published: 2012-08-15 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-4037 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Low severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.55%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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-2012-4037

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

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-4037

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 2025-03-30 0.76% 0.55% -0.21%
2 2025-03-29 0.55% 0.76% +0.21%
3 2025-03-17 — 0.55% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-4037

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.6 2.0 LOW
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 4.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-4037

OS Trackers for CVE-2012-4037

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2012-4037 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (transmission), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-4037
ubuntu medium CVE-2012-4037 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (transmission), 6 status rows across 6 suites (hardy, lucid, natty, oneiric, precise, upstream): not-affected 3, released 2, ignored 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-4037

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-4037

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
transmissionbt transmission <= 2.60 cpe:2.3:a:transmissionbt:transmission:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
transmissionbt transmission 0.1 cpe:2.3:a:transmissionbt:transmission:0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
transmissionbt transmission 0.2 cpe:2.3:a:transmissionbt:transmission:0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
transmissionbt transmission 0.3 cpe:2.3:a:transmissionbt:transmission:0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
transmissionbt transmission 0.4 cpe:2.3:a:transmissionbt:transmission:0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
transmissionbt transmission 0.5 cpe:2.3:a:transmissionbt:transmission:0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
transmissionbt transmission 0.6 cpe:2.3:a:transmissionbt:transmission:0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
transmissionbt transmission 0.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:transmissionbt:transmission:0.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
transmissionbt transmission 0.70 cpe:2.3:a:transmissionbt:transmission:0.70:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
transmissionbt transmission 0.71 cpe:2.3:a:transmissionbt:transmission:0.71:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
transmissionbt transmission 0.72 cpe:2.3:a:transmissionbt:transmission:0.72:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
transmissionbt transmission 0.80 cpe:2.3:a:transmissionbt:transmission:0.80:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
transmissionbt transmission 0.81 cpe:2.3:a:transmissionbt:transmission:0.81:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
transmissionbt transmission 0.82 cpe:2.3:a:transmissionbt:transmission:0.82:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
transmissionbt transmission 0.90 cpe:2.3:a:transmissionbt:transmission:0.90:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
transmissionbt transmission 0.91 cpe:2.3:a:transmissionbt:transmission:0.91:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
transmissionbt transmission 0.92 cpe:2.3:a:transmissionbt:transmission:0.92:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
transmissionbt transmission 0.93 cpe:2.3:a:transmissionbt:transmission:0.93:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
transmissionbt transmission 0.94 cpe:2.3:a:transmissionbt:transmission:0.94:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
transmissionbt transmission 0.95 cpe:2.3:a:transmissionbt:transmission:0.95:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
transmissionbt transmission 0.96 cpe:2.3:a:transmissionbt:transmission:0.96:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
transmissionbt transmission 1.00 cpe:2.3:a:transmissionbt:transmission:1.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
transmissionbt transmission 1.01 cpe:2.3:a:transmissionbt:transmission:1.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
transmissionbt transmission 1.02 cpe:2.3:a:transmissionbt:transmission:1.02:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
transmissionbt transmission 1.2 cpe:2.3:a:transmissionbt:transmission:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
transmissionbt transmission 1.03 cpe:2.3:a:transmissionbt:transmission:1.03:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
transmissionbt transmission 1.04 cpe:2.3:a:transmissionbt:transmission:1.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
transmissionbt transmission 1.05 cpe:2.3:a:transmissionbt:transmission:1.05:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
transmissionbt transmission 1.06 cpe:2.3:a:transmissionbt:transmission:1.06:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
transmissionbt transmission 1.10 cpe:2.3:a:transmissionbt:transmission:1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
transmissionbt transmission 1.11 cpe:2.3:a:transmissionbt:transmission:1.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
transmissionbt transmission 1.20 cpe:2.3:a:transmissionbt:transmission:1.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
transmissionbt transmission 1.21 cpe:2.3:a:transmissionbt:transmission:1.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
transmissionbt transmission 1.22 cpe:2.3:a:transmissionbt:transmission:1.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
transmissionbt transmission 1.30 cpe:2.3:a:transmissionbt:transmission:1.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
transmissionbt transmission 1.31 cpe:2.3:a:transmissionbt:transmission:1.31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
transmissionbt transmission 1.32 cpe:2.3:a:transmissionbt:transmission:1.32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
transmissionbt transmission 1.33 cpe:2.3:a:transmissionbt:transmission:1.33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
transmissionbt transmission 1.34 cpe:2.3:a:transmissionbt:transmission:1.34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
transmissionbt transmission 1.40 cpe:2.3:a:transmissionbt:transmission:1.40:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
transmissionbt transmission 1.41 cpe:2.3:a:transmissionbt:transmission:1.41:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
transmissionbt transmission 1.42 cpe:2.3:a:transmissionbt:transmission:1.42:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
transmissionbt transmission 1.50 cpe:2.3:a:transmissionbt:transmission:1.50:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
transmissionbt transmission 1.51 cpe:2.3:a:transmissionbt:transmission:1.51:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
transmissionbt transmission 1.52 cpe:2.3:a:transmissionbt:transmission:1.52:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
transmissionbt transmission 1.53 cpe:2.3:a:transmissionbt:transmission:1.53:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
transmissionbt transmission 1.54 cpe:2.3:a:transmissionbt:transmission:1.54:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
transmissionbt transmission 1.60 cpe:2.3:a:transmissionbt:transmission:1.60:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
transmissionbt transmission 1.61 cpe:2.3:a:transmissionbt:transmission:1.61:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
transmissionbt transmission 1.70 cpe:2.3:a:transmissionbt:transmission:1.70:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
transmissionbt transmission 1.71 cpe:2.3:a:transmissionbt:transmission:1.71:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
transmissionbt transmission 1.72 cpe:2.3:a:transmissionbt:transmission:1.72:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
transmissionbt transmission 1.73 cpe:2.3:a:transmissionbt:transmission:1.73:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
transmissionbt transmission 1.74 cpe:2.3:a:transmissionbt:transmission:1.74:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
transmissionbt transmission 1.75 cpe:2.3:a:transmissionbt:transmission:1.75:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
transmissionbt transmission 1.76 cpe:2.3:a:transmissionbt:transmission:1.76:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
transmissionbt transmission 1.77 cpe:2.3:a:transmissionbt:transmission:1.77:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
transmissionbt transmission 1.80 cpe:2.3:a:transmissionbt:transmission:1.80:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
transmissionbt transmission 1.81 cpe:2.3:a:transmissionbt:transmission:1.81:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
transmissionbt transmission 1.82 cpe:2.3:a:transmissionbt:transmission:1.82:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
transmissionbt transmission 1.83 cpe:2.3:a:transmissionbt:transmission:1.83:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
transmissionbt transmission 1.90 cpe:2.3:a:transmissionbt:transmission:1.90:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
transmissionbt transmission 1.91 cpe:2.3:a:transmissionbt:transmission:1.91:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
transmissionbt transmission 1.92 cpe:2.3:a:transmissionbt:transmission:1.92:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
transmissionbt transmission 1.93 cpe:2.3:a:transmissionbt:transmission:1.93:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
transmissionbt transmission 2.00 cpe:2.3:a:transmissionbt:transmission:2.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
transmissionbt transmission 2.01 cpe:2.3:a:transmissionbt:transmission:2.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
transmissionbt transmission 2.02 cpe:2.3:a:transmissionbt:transmission:2.02:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
transmissionbt transmission 2.03 cpe:2.3:a:transmissionbt:transmission:2.03:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
transmissionbt transmission 2.04 cpe:2.3:a:transmissionbt:transmission:2.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
transmissionbt transmission 2.10 cpe:2.3:a:transmissionbt:transmission:2.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
transmissionbt transmission 2.11 cpe:2.3:a:transmissionbt:transmission:2.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
transmissionbt transmission 2.12 cpe:2.3:a:transmissionbt:transmission:2.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
transmissionbt transmission 2.13 cpe:2.3:a:transmissionbt:transmission:2.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
transmissionbt transmission 2.20 cpe:2.3:a:transmissionbt:transmission:2.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
transmissionbt transmission 2.21 cpe:2.3:a:transmissionbt:transmission:2.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
transmissionbt transmission 2.22 cpe:2.3:a:transmissionbt:transmission:2.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
transmissionbt transmission 2.30 cpe:2.3:a:transmissionbt:transmission:2.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
transmissionbt transmission 2.31 cpe:2.3:a:transmissionbt:transmission:2.31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
transmissionbt transmission 2.32 cpe:2.3:a:transmissionbt:transmission:2.32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-4037

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