What is CVE-2024-21645?

CVE-2024-21645 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Pyload, classified under Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component (Injection). CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2024-01-08.

How severe is CVE-2024-21645?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-21645 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Pyload

CVE-2024-21645

pyLoad is the free and open-source Download Manager written in pure Python. A log injection vulnerability was identified in `pyload` allowing any unauthenticated actor to inject arbitrary messages into the logs gathered by `pyload`. Forged…

EPSS: 0.734 (98.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Pyload — versions < 0.5.0b3.dev77

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-74 — Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component (Injection)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

https://github.com/pyload/pyload/security/advisories/GHSA-ghmw-rwh8-6qmr (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
https://github.com/pyload/pyload/commit/4159a1191ec4fe6d927e57a9c4bb8f54e16c381d (x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-21645?: CVE-2024-21645 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Pyload, classified under Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component (Injection). CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2024-01-08.
How severe is CVE-2024-21645?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-21645 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.