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veracodeVeracode Vulnerability DatabaseVERACODE:44281
HistoryNov 15, 2023 - 8:35 a.m.

HTTP Request Smuggling

2023-11-1508:35:11
Veracode Vulnerability Database
sca.analysiscenter.veracode.com
5
http request smuggling
yt-dlp
vulnerability
mitm
software

5 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

LOW

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

LOW

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

7.2 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

20.4%

yt-dlp is vulnerable to HTTP Request Smuggling. The vulnerability is due to _real_extract function in generic.py file there is no validation and sanitization of http_headers included through the URL. This allows an attacker to setting an arbitrary proxy for a request to an arbitrary url, can potentially leads to MITM the request made from yt-dlp’s HTTP session

5 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

LOW

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

LOW

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

7.2 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

20.4%