Command Injection in qBittorrent - CVE-2019-13640
Published: August 26, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU20394
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-13640
CWE-ID: CWE-77
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: qbittorrent.org
Affected software:
qBittorrent
qBittorrent
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to the "Application::runExternalProgram()" function in "app/application.cpp" allows command injection via shell metacharacters in the torrent name parameter. A remote attacker can inject arbitrary commands via a crafted name within an RSS feed and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-13640
Install updates from vendor's website.