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CVE-2026-85154

niche

Non-expiring video_id_hash bearer token allows account takeover in WWBN AVideo

CVSS 4.0
9.3 critical
EPSS
<1%p28
Published
()
Modified
AI analysis

WWBN AVideo, a self-hosted video publishing and streaming platform, treats the video_id_hash credential as a non-expiring, non-revocable bearer token that authenticates the holder as the video's owner. An attacker who obtains any user's video_id_hash can replay it indefinitely to obtain a fully privileged administrator session as that account, and the token continues to work even after the owner changes their password. The flaw (CWE-269, improper privilege management) is rated critical at CVSS 4.0 9.3 with network exploitability and no privileges or user interaction required, and affects WWBN AVideo deployments; no affected or fixed version ranges were specified in the available data. Exploitation has not been observed: there is no known public proof of concept, the issue is not in CISA's KEV, and EPSS estimates only about a 0.3% chance of exploitation within 30 days.

What to do: Update AVideo to the version that fixes CVE-2026-85154 as soon as the vendor publishes it, since no fixed version is specified in the available data. Until patched, treat every video_id_hash as a permanent credential: avoid exposing hashes in shared or logged URLs, regenerate hashes for sensitive accounts, and remember that changing a password does not invalidate the token. On internet-exposed servers, review logs for administrative sessions established using only a video hash.

Affected
WWBN AVideo
Estimated exposure
niche≈ a few thousand internet-exposed AVideo instances (estimate; no official install counts published) — No vendor installation figures were provided; AVideo is a niche self-hosted open-source video platform whose public internet-scan footprint has historically been on the order of a few thousand exposed servers, so exposure is likely limited…

Order-of-magnitude estimate by the model from install counts, market share and public scan data it knows; verify before quoting.

Description

WWBN AVideo contains an authentication failure vulnerability where the video_id_hash credential is a non-expiring, non-revocable bearer token that grants full administrator session access to the video owner's account. Attackers who obtain a video_id_hash can replay it indefinitely to authenticate as the video owner with full privileges, and the credential remains valid even after the owner changes their password.

Weakness
CWE-269
Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

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