CVE-2024-22416

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

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: January 17, 2024 at 11:48 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 07:11 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsPyload NgPyload

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.9%
SSVC
No known exploit

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 0.5.0b3.dev78
Affected range stops below 0.5.0b3.dev78, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 0.5.0b3.dev78
Affected range stops below 0.5.0b3.dev78, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

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No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-352

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