Description
Transmission 4.0.0 before 4.1.3 contains a permissive CORS vulnerability in handle_request() in rpc-server.cc that exposes the X-Transmission-Session-Id anti-CSRF token to any web origin. Malicious web pages can read the token from the 409 handshake response and replay it to issue RPC calls, enabling script-torrent-done execution, download-dir changes, or torrent and data deletion.
Published: 2026-10-26
Score: 8.7 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
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Tue, 27 Oct 2026 05:30:00 +0100

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Transmission 4.0.0 before 4.1.3 contains a permissive CORS vulnerability in handle_request() in rpc-server.cc that exposes the X-Transmission-Session-Id anti-CSRF token to any web origin. Malicious web pages can read the token from the 409 handshake response and replay it to issue RPC calls, enabling script-torrent-done execution, download-dir changes, or torrent and data deletion.
Title Transmission 4.0.0 before 4.1.3 Permissive CORS Leaks RPC Anti-CSRF Token
First Time appeared Transmissionbt
Transmissionbt transmission
Weaknesses CWE-942
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:transmissionbt:transmission:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Transmissionbt
Transmissionbt transmission
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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Transmissionbt Transmission
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-26T21:52:45.799Z

Reserved: 2026-10-26T20:23:37.457Z

Link: CVE-2026-116748

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-26T22:16:59.610

Modified: 2026-10-26T22:16:59.610

Link: CVE-2026-116748

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Updated: 2026-10-27T09:45:14Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-942

    Permissive Cross-domain Security Policy with Untrusted Domains