Insertion of Sensitive Information into Externally-Accessible File or Directory Affecting pyload-ng package, versions [,0.5.0b3.dev77)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    Exploit Maturity
    Mature
    EPSS
    55.78% (98th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-PYTHON-PYLOADNG-6148653
  • published 9 Jan 2024
  • disclosed 8 Jan 2024
  • credit PinkDraconian

How to fix?

Upgrade pyload-ng to version 0.5.0b3.dev77 or higher.

Overview

pyload-ng is a The free and open-source Download Manager written in pure Python

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Insertion of Sensitive Information into Externally-Accessible File or Directory due to improper handling of a specific URL which exposes the Flask config, including the SECRET_KEY variable. An attacker can gain access to sensitive information by navigating to the exposed URL without authentication.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
7.5 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    None
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NVD

7.5 high