CVE-2024-22416 CRITICAL

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

Vendor Pyload
Product pyload
Weakness CWE-352 · CSRF
Published January 17, 2024
Last update June 17, 2025
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CVSS base score

9.7/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

January 17, 2024 CVE published
June 17, 2025 Record updated