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transmission — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2012-4037

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.

Products
transmission
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
2.52-3
CVEs
CVE-2012-4037
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 23:03 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2012-4037

core-osv · Original source

Published 15 Aug 2012, 20:55 UTC

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.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2012-4037

transmission

Fixed versions: 2.52-3

transmission

Fixed versions: 2.52-3

transmission

Fixed versions: 2.52-3

Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-4037",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2012-4037",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "transmission",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
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          {
            "value": "2.52-3",
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          }
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      },
      {
        "name": {
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        },
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    "severity": "unknown",
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-23T17:47:33.473249877Z",
      "provider": "osv",
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        "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-4037"
      ]
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": null
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 417608,
  "published_at": "2012-08-15T20:55:03.93+00:00"
}