Vulnerability Report

CVE-2025-54072

RCE

Title: Yt-Dlp Project Yt-Dlp RCE

RCE

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2025-54072.

CWE Category CWE-78
Published Date Jul 22, 2025
Modified Date Oct 09, 2025
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 7.5 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.49%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2025-54072: yt-dlp is a feature-rich command-line audio/video downloader. In versions 2025.06.25 and below, when the --exec option is used on Windows with the default placeholder (or {}), insufficient sanitization is applied to the expanded filepath, allowing for remote code execution. This is a bypass of the mitigation for CVE-2024-22423 where the default placeholder and {} were not covered by the new escaping rules. Windows users who are unable to upgrade should avoid using --exec altogether. Instead, the --write-info-json or --dump-json options could be used, with an external script or command line consuming the JSON output. This is fixed in version 2025.07.21.

Impacted Vendors

Y
yt-dlp_project 1

Reference Links

https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/959ac99e98c3215437e573c22d64be42d361e863 https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/tag/2025.07.21 https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/security/advisories/GHSA-45hg-7f49-5h56
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
REQUIRED
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
8.1
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2025-54072 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity HIGH
Privileges N/A
Interaction REQUIRED
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.