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NVD HIGH: CVE-2026-116748 — Transmission 4.0.0 before 4.1.3 contains a permissive CORS vulnerability in hand...

·Source: NIST NVD

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Executive Summary

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.

Analysis

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. CVSS Score: 8.8. Published: 2026-10-26T22:16:59.610.

Indicators of Compromise (2)

CVE (1)
CVE-2026-116748
Domain (1)
rpc-server.cc
Source Attribution

Originally published by NIST NVD on Oct 26, 2026. Verified by: NIST.

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