AVideo API Rate Limit Bypass via Bot User-Agent Header
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-307.
Summary
AVideo API fails to enforce rate limits when clients send a bot User-Agent header, allowing attackers to bypass all eight protected operations including login brute-force protection. Attackers can send requests with a bot User-Agent to disable rate limiting and perform unlimited password guessing attempts against any account from a single IP address.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-86186
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-54jr-hcr3-c8jp
References
More WWBN vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-82233 OS command injection in AVideo-Encoder via forged streamer login CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2026-82232 Unauthenticated PHP code injection in AVideo-Encoder installer CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- 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
Sources
- CVE-2026-86186 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-86186 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-54jr-hcr3-c8jp · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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