Cross-site request forgery in WWBN AVideo
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Tampering
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · Low
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-352.
Summary
WWBN AVideo is an open source video platform. In versions 29.0 and prior, `objects/configurationUpdate.json.php` (also routed via `/updateConfig`) persists dozens of global site settings from `$_POST` but protects the endpoint only with `User::isAdmin()`. It does not call `forbidIfIsUntrustedRequest()`, does not verify a `globalToken`, and does not validate the Origin/Referer header. Because AVideo intentionally sets `session.cookie_samesite=None` to support cross-origin iframe embedding, a logged-in administrator who visits an attacker-controlled page will have the browser auto-submit a cross-origin POST that rewrites the site's encoder URL, SMTP credentials, site `<head>` HTML, logo, favicon, contact email, and more in a single request. Commit f9492f5e6123dff0292d5bb3164fde7665dc36b4 contains a fix.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WWBN | AVideo | up to 29.0 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | wwbn/avideo (Packagist) | up to 29.0 | — | No fix listed | GHSA-vvfw-4m39-fjqf |
- AVideo VendorWWBN Affected up to 29.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- wwbn/avideo (Packagist) Vendor— Affected up to 29.0 Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-vvfw-4m39-fjqf
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-40925
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vvfw-4m39-fjqf
References
More WWBN Avideo vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-29567 Code injection in WWBN AVideo CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2026-26095 AVideo Allows Unauthenticated Live Stream Control via Token Verification URL Override in control.json.php CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.4
- TI-2026-25874 Improper access control in WWBN AVideo CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2026-25758 AVideo has an Unauthenticated SQL Injection via `doNotShowCats` Parameter (Backslash Escape Bypass) CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-20951 An issue in WWBN AVideo v.12.4 through v.14.2 allows a remote attacker to execute… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-10706 OS injection vulnerability in World Wide Broadcast Network AVideo version before 12.4… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2026-40925 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-40925 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-vvfw-4m39-fjqf · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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