WWBN AVideo recovery notification bypass vulnerability

published 2024-01-10 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-8m5f-2xvp-2c8w , EUVD-2024-0299

cvss: 5.3; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.8%; EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 57%
public exploits: 0; none known

A recovery notification bypass vulnerability exists in the userRecoverPass.php captcha validation functionality of WWBN AVideo dev master commit 15fed957fb. A specially crafted HTTP request can lead to the silent creation of a recovery pass code for any user.

Patch / fix

links 1

github.com/WWBN/AVideo@15fed95 commit

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: Proof of concept is public
Automatable: yes
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-01-10)

Exploit prediction

0.83% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 57% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

talosintelligence.com https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2023-1897 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	5.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
GitHub	3.1	5.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
packagist	wwbn/avideo	<=12.4	no fix listed

Affected products

WWBN AVideo

Classification

Weakness

CWE-640 Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password

References

github.com /WWBN/AVideo/commit/15fed957fb64b4055158acfc449bd7974346edb5
web
talosintelligence.com /vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2023-1897
web, exploit, third-party-advisory
talosintelligence.com /vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2023-1897
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2023-50172
advisory
github.com /WWBN/AVideo
package

Sources

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Summary