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YouTube Downloader EUVDEUVD-2026-88068

| CVE-2026-100901 MEDIUM
Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) (CWE-918)
2026-09-28 VulDB GHSA-r276-5vww-gpvg
5.5
CVSS 4.0 · Vendor: VulDB
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Reach public/stream.php remotely
  2. Delivery
    Set url param to internal target
  3. Exploit
    Server fetches attacker-chosen host
  4. Execution
    Response streamed back to attacker
  5. Impact
    Internal resource content disclosed

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V4 - API and Web Service URL allowlisting, SSRF prevention
MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques across 2 tactics: Initial Access, Credential Access

The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up.

Exploitation Conditions

Requires that the athlon1600 youtube-downloader application be internet-reachable with public/stream.php exposed; exploitation is remote and unauthenticated (PR:N/UI:N) by manipulating the url argument to stream.php. Limiting factors: after the partial fix in commit 6ffe823 only http/https destinations are reachable (file://, gopher://, dict:// and similar are blocked) and redirects are capped by MAXREDIRS, but the destination host is NOT filtered, so internal/private IPs and cloud metadata endpoints remain reachable. No patched release is available. The main real-world limiter is deployment scarcity, not exploit difficulty.

Impact

This is a genuine but low-priority issue. The CVSS 4.0 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N, VC/VI/VA:L, E:P) describes a remotely reachable, unauthenticated, low-complexity server-side request forgery with limited impact across all three dimensions and no scope change - consistent with an open-proxy-style SSRF in a media-streaming endpoint. Exploit signals are mixed-but-modest: publicly available POC exists (VulDB gist), the SSVC/CVSS exploit-maturity is 'Proof-of-Concept' (E:P), but there is NO CISA KEV listing and no EPSS score was provided, so there is no evidence of active or widespread exploitation. The severity ceiling is low because impact is L/L/L rather than any High, and - critically - the real-world footprint is tiny (an unmaintained hobby PHP project on GitHub). The disclosure also notes the vendor's attempted fix (commit 6ffe823) is incomplete: it only added CURLOPT_PROTOCOLS http/https and a MAXREDIRS cap but does NOT restrict the destination host, so internal-host SSRF remains. Net: real, POC-backed, but low prevalence and low impact - not an urgent priority.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

A remote unauthenticated attacker sends a request to public/stream.php supplying a url parameter pointing at an internal resource (e.g. a cloud metadata endpoint or an internal http service); the server fetches it and streams the response back, disclosing internal content. A public proof-of-concept exists (gist by qianqiusujiu), and because the incomplete vendor fix still permits arbitrary http/https destinations, internal-host requests remain possible.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
No patch listed yet 0.3% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Sep 28, 2026

Server-side request forgery in athlon1600 youtube-downloader up to 4.0.1 lets remote, unauthenticated attackers make the server issue attacker-controlled HTTP/HTTPS requests by manipulating the url argument of public/stream.php. Publicly available exploit code exists (per VulDB and the linked exploit gist), but there is no CISA KEV confirmation of active exploitation, and assessed impact is limited to low confidentiality and integrity effects against internal services and cloud metadata endpoints reachable from the host. The vendor was contacted early and never responded, and the only code change tied to this component (commit 6ffe823, 'better security for public/stream.php') is a partial hardening rather than a fix.

RemediationAI

No vendor-released patch was identified at time of analysis, and commit 6ffe823 is explicitly not a fix: it only restricts the cURL protocol set to http/https and caps redirects (MAXREDIRS) without validating the destination host, so internal IPs and cloud metadata endpoints remain reachable. The most reliable action is to remove or disable public/stream.php if the functionality is not required; if it must stay, place it behind authentication and network restrictions (IP allowlisting or a reverse proxy/WAF rule that denies requests whose 'url' parameter resolves to RFC1918, loopback, link-local, or metadata addresses such as 169.254.169.254 and 100.100.100.200), accepting the operational overhead of maintaining those rules and the risk of false positives on legitimate media sources. Force outbound traffic through an egress proxy or firewall that performs DNS resolution and blocks private/link-local destinations at request time, and disable CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION or re-validate the final resolved IP on every redirect hop to defeat redirect-based bypass of the vestigial MAXREDIRS control; note that DNS-rebinding attacks can still slip past naive pre-resolution checks, so resolve-and-pin to the vetted IP at connection time. Finally, run the application in a segmented network or container with no route to internal management services and with instance metadata access disabled (IMDSv2 enforced or metadata hop limit set to 1), which limits the blast radius if SSRF is triggered. Reference the VulDB advisory at https://vuldb.com/vuln/410851 and the public exploit at https://gist.github.com/qianqiusujiu/87a7d7d8bd7fb53cf8529e0bafbeafba when validating any mitigation.

Affected VersionsENISA

youtube-downloader 4.0.1
youtube-downloader 4.0.0

Affected Packages

euvd youtube_downloader no fix

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

The affected code is a PHP endpoint (public/stream.php) in the youtube-downloader web application that proxies/streams remote media on behalf of the user, using the caller-supplied 'url' parameter as the fetch target. The root cause is CWE-918 (Server-Side Request Forgery): the destination host is never validated against an allowlist or resolved-IP denylist, so the server's outbound HTTP client can be pointed at arbitrary hosts. Commit 6ffe823 only added CURLOPT_PROTOCOLS to permit http/https and a MAXREDIRS cap, which blocks the worst schemes (file://, gopher://, dict://) and limits redirect chains but leaves the destination host unrestricted. Consequently link-local and private address space, internal web services, and cloud instance-metadata endpoints such as 169.254.169.254 (and 100.100.100.200 on Alibaba Cloud) remain reachable, and the missing per-redirect destination check means an attacker-controlled external URL can still redirect into internal ranges. The CVSS 4.0 vector (AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L, with SC:N/SI:N/SA:N and E:P) matches the independent 3.1 assessment (S:U, C:L/I:L/A:N): unauthenticated and network-reachable, with exploit maturity rated 'Proof-of-concept' because working exploit code is public, but no demonstrated impact on downstream systems.

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Severity by source

Vendor (VulDB) PRIMARY 5.5 MEDIUM
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
vuln.today AI 6.5 MEDIUM

Remote unauthenticated low-complexity SSRF (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N); server reflects fetched content giving limited confidentiality and limited integrity via internal request forgery, no availability impact, no scope change confirmed.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (VulDB).

CVSS VectorVendor: VulDB

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Attack Requirements
None
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Vulnerable system: Confidentiality
Low
Vulnerable system: Integrity
Low
Vulnerable system: Availability
Low
Subsequent system: Confidentiality
None
Subsequent system: Integrity
None
Subsequent system: Availability
None

Lifecycle Timeline

2
CVSS changed
Sep 28, 2026 - 03:22 NVD
6.9 (MEDIUM) 5.5 (MEDIUM)
CVE Published
Sep 28, 2026 - 02:45 cve.org
MEDIUM 6.9

DescriptionCVE.org

A vulnerability was found in athlon1600 youtube-downloader up to 4.0.1. Affected by this vulnerability is the function stream of the file public/stream.php. The manipulation of the argument url results in server-side request forgery. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploit has been made public and could be used. Commit 6ffe823 'better security for public/stream.php' only added CURLOPT_PROTOCOLS http/https restriction and MAXREDIRS cap, does not restrict destination host. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 82% exploitable
Prevalence
Rare
unmaintained open-source hobby PHP project, no enterprise footprint
Exploit
POC
Public exploit code exists
Data Quality
6 sources
Confidence: High
EUVD NVD CVE.org EPSS Vulnrichment GitHub VulDB

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC Yes
EPSS 0.3%
Patch available No
Active threat No
Deciding rule
MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation
Poc
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
Yes
Human Impact· derived
Medium
Technical Impact
Partial

Priority Score

48
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +28
PoC: +20
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Server-Side Request Forgery exploits applications that fetch remote resources based on user-supplied URLs.

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