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CVE-2024-22416: Cross-Site Request Forgery on any API call in pyLoad may lead to admin privilege escalation

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2024-01-18 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-352

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 products

• pyload: before 0.5.0b3.dev78 — fixed in 0.5.0b3.dev78

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: pyload 0.5.0b3.dev78. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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

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