Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting transmission package, versions <2.52-3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.45% (70th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-TRANSMISSION-19698619
  • published12 Sept 2026
  • disclosed15 Aug 2012

Introduced: 15 Aug 2012

CVE-2012-4037  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest transmission to version 2.52-3 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream transmission package and not the transmission package as distributed by Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1