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CVE-2026-40909

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Description

WWBN AVideo is an open source video platform. In versions 29.0 and prior, the locale save endpoint (`locale/save.php`) constructs a file path by directly concatenating `$_POST['flag']` into the path at line 30 without any sanitization. The `$_POST['code']` parameter is then written verbatim to that path via `fwrite()` at line 40. An admin attacker (or any user who can CSRF an admin, since no CSRF token is checked and cookies use `SameSite=None`) can traverse out of the `locale/` directory and write arbitrary `.php` files to any writable location on the filesystem, achieving Remote Code Execution. Commit 57f89ffbc27d37c9d9dd727212334846e78ac21a fixes the issue.

Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS score
6.5 (v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Analyzed
Source identifier
Published
2026-04-21 20:17:03.347000
Last modified
2026-10-26 21:10:00.170000
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  "lastModified": "2026-10-26T21:10:00.170",
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      "value": "WWBN AVideo is an open source video platform. In versions 29.0 and prior, the locale save endpoint (`locale/save.php`) constructs a file path by directly concatenating `$_POST['flag']` into the path at line 30 without any sanitization. The `$_POST['code']` parameter is then written verbatim to that path via `fwrite()` at line 40. An admin attacker (or any user who can CSRF an admin, since no CSRF token is checked and cookies use `SameSite=None`) can traverse out of the `locale/` directory and write arbitrary `.php` files to any writable location on the filesystem, achieving Remote Code Execution. Commit 57f89ffbc27d37c9d9dd727212334846e78ac21a fixes the issue."
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      "value": "WWBN AVideo es una plataforma de video de código abierto. En las versiones 29.0 y anteriores, el endpoint de guardado de configuración regional (“locale/save.php”) construye una ruta de archivo concatenando directamente “parámetro ” en la ruta en la línea 30 sin ninguna sanitización. El parámetro “parámetro ” se escribe luego textualmente en esa ruta a través de “fwrite()” en la línea 40. Un atacante administrador (o cualquier usuario que pueda realizar un CSRF a un administrador, ya que no se verifica ningún token CSRF y las cookies usan “SameSite=None”) puede salir del directorio “locale/” y escribir archivos “.php” arbitrarios en cualquier ubicación escribible del sistema de archivos, logrando la ejecución remota de código. El commit 57f89ffbc27d37c9d9dd727212334846e78ac21a corrige el problema."
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