CVE-2024-22416

Advisory

The pyload API, which supports making API calls through GET requests, was vulnerable to significant security risks due to the session cookie not being set to SameSite: strict. This vulnerability exposed the library to potential Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) attacks, enabling unauthenticated users to make any API call through such an attack. This security concern has been resolved in the release 0.5.0b3.dev78.
https://github.com/pyload/pyload/security/advisories/GHSA-pgpj-v85q-h5fm

Affected package

Affected versions

Fixed versions

Vulnerability changelog

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. See CVE-2024-22416.


MISC:https://github.com/pyload/pyload/commit/1374c824271cb7e927740664d06d2e577624ca3e: https://github.com/pyload/pyload/commit/1374c824271cb7e927740664d06d2e577624ca3e
MISC:https://github.com/pyload/pyload/commit/c7cdc18ad9134a75222974b39e8b427c4af845fc: https://github.com/pyload/pyload/commit/c7cdc18ad9134a75222974b39e8b427c4af845fc
MISC:https://github.com/pyload/pyload/security/advisories/GHSA-pgpj-v85q-h5fm: https://github.com/pyload/pyload/security/advisories/GHSA-pgpj-v85q-h5fm

Resources

• https://github.com/pyload/pyload/commit/1374c824271cb7e927740664d06d2e577624ca3e
• https://github.com/pyload/pyload/commit/c7cdc18ad9134a75222974b39e8b427c4af845fc
• https://github.com/pyload/pyload/security/advisories/GHSA-pgpj-v85q-h5fm
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-22416