Paper/Archive/CVE-2026-86729

CVE-2026-86729

WWBN AVideo — WWBN AVideo Unrestricted Authentication Attempts via get_api_preauthorize

Description · from the CVE record

WWBN AVideo through commit e01e41ecc (no patched version available) exposes get_api_preauthorize in plugin/API/API.php as a second, undocumented login path. Unlike get_api_signIn, which enforces a rate limit of 10 attempts per 5 minutes via checkRateLimit(), get_api_preauthorize performs the same credential check with no throttling for any client, allowing unlimited remote password guessing against arbitrary accounts, including admin. The endpoint also acts as a credential oracle: it returns the message "Invalid credentials" for both correct and incorrect passwords, while the users_id field in the response body discloses the authenticated identity (users_id:1 on success, users_id:0 on failure), and a correct password establishes a session cookie that remains usable for authenticated API requests. Together these issues permit unauthenticated brute-force account takeover.

Affected

ProductAffectedFixed inSource
AVideo≤ 29.0–CNA

Scores by source

VulnCheck (CNA)9.1CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
VulnCheck (CNA)7.4CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CISA ADPSSVCExploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

References

advisorygithub.com/WWBN/AVideo/security/advisories/GHSA-vvqm-mgc5-hhx3writeupvulncheck.com/advisories/wwbn-avideo-unrestricted-authentication-attempts-via-get-api-preauthorize