CVE-2024-21644 Scanner.
pyLoad Flask Config - Access Control
Free and read-only. Scan only sites you own or are allowed to test.
What This Check Does.
Read-only
It only asks your site for public pages, the way a browser would. Nothing is changed, uploaded or stored.
Up to 1 request
A small, fixed number of requests, so the check is quick and will not load your site.
Looks for CVE-2024-21644
It looks for the specific sign of this one vulnerability and ends with a clear answer: vulnerable, not vulnerable, or could not be determined.
About CVE-2024-21644. What It Means.
pyLoad is the free and open-source Download Manager written in pure Python. Any unauthenticated user can browse to a specific URL to expose the Flask config, including the `SECRET_KEY` variable. This issue has been patched in version 0.5.0b3.dev77.
FAQ
Common Questions.
pyLoad Flask Config - Access Control. pyLoad is the free and open-source Download Manager written in pure Python. Any unauthenticated user can browse to a specific URL to expose the Flask config, including the `SECRET_KEY` variable. This issue has been patched in version 0.5.0b3.dev77.
Atlas sends up to 1 read-only request to your site and looks for the specific sign of CVE-2024-21644 in pyLoad. Nothing is changed, uploaded or stored on your site.
CVE-2024-21644 is not on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list at the time of writing, but it is still worth fixing. Its CVSS score is 7.5.
Yes. The check only reads public pages, the same way a browser or a search engine would. Scan only sites you own or are allowed to test.
It means no sign of CVE-2024-21644 was found by this read-only check. It does not prove the site is free of other weaknesses.
Update pyLoad to the latest version from the vendor, or follow the vendor's advice to switch off the affected feature. The vendor links and details are in the CVE-2024-21644 briefing linked on this page.
Scan only sites you own or have written permission to test. A result of Not Vulnerable means this read-only check found no sign of CVE-2024-21644; it is not a guarantee that the site is secure.