Vulnerability · Published Aug 22, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck
CVE-2026-59256WWBN AVideo Unbound Token Authorization Bypass via Gallery
High 7.5
In plain English
A high-severity information exposure in AVideo from WWBN. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 28% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
WWBN AVideo through commit 9c39d8c8 contains an authorization bypass vulnerability where getToken() creates tokens without binding to user identity or purpose, and plugin/Gallery/view/sections.php issues valid tokens to unauthenticated visitors. Attackers can retrieve a token from the Gallery endpoint and use it to bypass authorization checks in other subsystems like view/hls.php to access restricted video content.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-200 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
References
- GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-wq57-wxcr-rx6v) vendor-advisory
- VulnCheck Advisory: WWBN AVideo Unbound Token Authorization Bypass via Gallery third-party-advisory