AB Download Manager before 1.11.2 contains a cross-site request forgery vulnerability in its unauthenticated browser-integration API that…
CVE-2026-121451
AB Download Manager before 1.11.2 contains a cross-site request forgery vulnerability in its unauthenticated browser-integration API that allows remote attackers to write attacker-chosen files to arbitrary paths. A malicious web page can send a text/plain request to /start-headless-download with crafted folder and name values, placing payloads in startup folders for code execution on next login.
Assessment
- CVSS
- 8.7 (v4.0)
- Severity
- High
- Known exploited
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Exploit availability
- Nothing found in Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or public PoC repositories
- Published
- 3 November 2026
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
- Affected
- amir1376 · ab-download-manager
- Assigner
- VulnCheck
CVSS vectorCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
At the source
References
- https://github.com/amir1376/ab-download-manager/issues/1489
- https://github.com/amir1376/ab-download-manager
- https://github.com/amir1376/ab-download-manager/commit/34cd27af6a9a6c2046af112bc9bd34828fec0bbc
- https://github.com/amir1376/ab-download-manager/blob/v1.11.1/integration/server/src/main/kotlin/com/abdownloadmanager/integration/Endpoints.kt#L27-L75
- https://github.com/amir1376/ab-download-manager/blob/v1.11.1/desktop/app/src/main/kotlin/com/abdownloadmanager/desktop/integration/IntegrationHandlerImp.kt#L55-L88
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ab-download-manager-before-1.11.2-arbitrary-file-write-via-start-headless-download-csrf
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