Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessAuthenticate as Videos Moderator user
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DeliveryAccess videoAddNew.json.php endpoint
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ExploitModify video ownership or metadata
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ExecutionTransfer video ownership to attacker account
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ImpactDelete or manage arbitrary videos
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Authorization logic validation
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Privilege Escalation The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | Attacker must have authenticated access with the 'Videos Moderator' permission in WWBN AVideo versions up to 26.0. No victim interaction required. Remote exploitation via videoAddNew.json.php and videoDelete.json.php endpoints. |
| Impact | The CVSS score of 7.6 (High) reflects network-based exploitation (AV:N) with low complexity (AC:L) requiring only low-level authenticated access (PR:L) and no user interaction (UI:N), producing high integrity impact (I:H) with low confidentiality and availability impacts. The vulnerability poses moderate real-world risk because it requires prior authentication with a specific moderator role, limiting the attack surface to insider threats or compromised moderator accounts. While the CVSS complexity is low and the attack chain is straightforward (transfer ownership then delete), exploitation requires legitimate platform access. No EPSS score, KEV listing, or public proof-of-concept is mentioned in the available data, suggesting limited in-the-wild exploitation. Organizations running AVideo with multiple user permission tiers should prioritize patching, while single-administrator deployments face lower risk. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An authenticated attacker with the Videos Moderator permission logs into the AVideo platform and identifies a target video owned by another user. The attacker exploits the overprivileged canModerateVideos() check by calling videoAddNew.json.php to transfer ownership of the victim's video to themselves, then immediately calls videoDelete.json.php which only validates current ownership, successfully deleting the video despite lacking legitimate authority. This attack requires only low-complexity HTTP requests to the vulnerable endpoints and can be executed without user interaction. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Mar 23, 2026
Privilege escalation in WWBN AVideo up to version 26.0 allows users with "Videos Moderator" permissions to gain full video management capabilities, including transferring ownership and deleting any video, by exploiting inconsistent authorization checks between the video editing and deletion endpoints. An authenticated attacker can chain an ownership transfer with deletion operations to compromise videos outside their legitimate scope. A patch is available in commit 838e16818c793779406ecbf34ebaeba9830e33f8.
Earlier versions of this analysis (1)
A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in WWBN AVideo versions up to and including 26.0, allowing users with the limited 'Videos Moderator' permission to escalate privileges and perform full video management operations including ownership transfer and deletion of any video. The vulnerability exploits asymmetric authorization checks where videoAddNew.json.php permits full editing via canModerateVideos() permission, while videoDelete.json.php only verifies ownership, enabling a two-step attack chain. A patch is available in commit 838e16818c793779406ecbf34ebaeba9830e33f8, and there is no evidence of active exploitation (not in CISA KEV).
RemediationAI
Apply the patch provided in commit 838e16818c793779406ecbf34ebaeba9830e33f8 available at https://github.com/WWBN/AVideo/commit/838e16818c793779406ecbf34ebaeba9830e33f8, or upgrade to a version containing this fix. Review the GitHub Security Advisory at https://github.com/WWBN/AVideo/security/advisories/GHSA-8x77-f38v-4m5j for vendor-specific upgrade guidance and any additional security recommendations. As an interim mitigation until patching is complete, administrators should audit user accounts with Videos Moderator permissions, restrict this role to only fully trusted users, implement logging and monitoring of video ownership changes and deletions, and consider temporarily revoking the Videos Moderator permission if not operationally critical.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
Affects your stack
Affects 2 packages in composer, euvd
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Technical ContextAI · show details
WWBN AVideo is an open-source PHP-based video platform (cpe:2.3:a:wwbn:avideo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*). The vulnerability represents a classic instance of CWE-863 (Incorrect Authorization), where the application implements inconsistent authorization boundaries across related operations. The Permissions::canModerateVideos() function is incorrectly used as an authorization gate in videoAddNew.json.php for full video editing capabilities, while videoDelete.json.php implements a separate ownership-based check. This creates an exploitable asymmetry where a moderator can transfer video ownership to themselves via the editing endpoint, then delete the video using the deletion endpoint that only validates current ownership without rechecking original permissions.
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AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L
Primary rating from GitHub Advisory · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorGitHub Advisory
DescriptionGitHub Advisory
WWBN AVideo is an open source video platform. In versions up to and including 26.0, a user with the "Videos Moderator" permission can escalate privileges to perform full video management operations - including ownership transfer and deletion of any video - despite the permission being documented as only allowing video publicity changes (Active, Inactive, Unlisted). The root cause is that Permissions::canModerateVideos() is used as an authorization gate for full video editing in videoAddNew.json.php, while videoDelete.json.php only checks ownership, creating an asymmetric authorization boundary exploitable via a two-step ownership-transfer-then-delete chain. Commit 838e16818c793779406ecbf34ebaeba9830e33f8 contains a patch.
Executive ViewAI
A privilege escalation vulnerability in WWBN AVideo versions up to 26.0 allows video moderators to illegally escalate permissions and gain full control over all videos, including transferring ownership and deleting content. This poses a critical risk to organizations relying on AVideo for content management, as disgruntled or compromised moderator accounts could result in unauthorized video deletion, theft of intellectual property, or service disruption.
Until patch deployment: (1) Restrict 'Videos Moderator' role to a minimal set of trusted administrators; (2) Implement WAF rules to monitor and block suspicious videoAddNew.json.php and videoDelete.json.php requests from moderator-level accounts; (3) Enable detailed audit logging for all video management operations; (4) Consider temporarily disabling video moderator functionality if operationally feasible; (5) Implement IP-based access controls to limit moderator access to trusted networks only.
Threat Intelligence Overview
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
Priority Score
Attack Technique
Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.
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EUVD-2026-14488
GHSA-8x77-f38v-4m5j
NVD
CVE.org
EPSS
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VulDB
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