CVE-2025-43858
YouTubeDLSharp Windows Command Injection Vulnerability
Description
YoutubeDLSharp is a wrapper for the command-line video downloaders youtube-dl and yt-dlp. In versions starting from 1.0.0-beta4 and prior to 1.1.2, an unsafe conversion of arguments allows the injection of a malicious commands when starting `yt-dlp` from a commands prompt running on Windows OS with the `UseWindowsEncodingWorkaround` value defined to true (default behavior). If a user is using built-in methods from the YoutubeDL.cs file, the value is true by default and a user cannot disable it from these methods. This issue has been patched in version 1.1.2.
INFO
Published Date :
April 24, 2025, 6:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
April 24, 2025, 7:15 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
6.0
Exploitability Score :
2.5
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CVE Modified by 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Apr. 24, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://github.com/Bluegrams/YoutubeDLSharp/security/advisories/GHSA-2jh5-g5ch-43q5 -
New CVE Received by [email protected]
Apr. 24, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description YoutubeDLSharp is a wrapper for the command-line video downloaders youtube-dl and yt-dlp. In versions starting from 1.0.0-beta4 and prior to 1.1.2, an unsafe conversion of arguments allows the injection of a malicious commands when starting `yt-dlp` from a commands prompt running on Windows OS with the `UseWindowsEncodingWorkaround` value defined to true (default behavior). If a user is using built-in methods from the YoutubeDL.cs file, the value is true by default and a user cannot disable it from these methods. This issue has been patched in version 1.1.2. Added CVSS V3.1 AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L Added CWE CWE-78 Added CWE CWE-77 Added Reference https://github.com/Bluegrams/YoutubeDLSharp/commit/b6051372bd5af30f95f73de47d9bc71c3a07de0f Added Reference https://github.com/Bluegrams/YoutubeDLSharp/commit/fdf3256da18d0e2da4a2f33ad4a1b72ff8273a50 Added Reference https://github.com/Bluegrams/YoutubeDLSharp/security/advisories/GHSA-2jh5-g5ch-43q5
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