WWBN AVideo up to 26.0 setStatus improper authorization

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A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in WWBN AVideo up to 26.0. This affects the function setStatus. Such manipulation leads to improper authorization. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2026-34738. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability was found in WWBN AVideo up to 26.0 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is the function setStatus. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authorization vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-285. The product does not perform or incorrectly performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

WWBN AVideo is an open source video platform. In versions 26.0 and prior, AVideo's video processing pipeline accepts an overrideStatus request parameter that allows any uploader to set a video's status to any valid state, including "active" (a). This bypasses the admin-controlled moderation and draft workflows. The setStatus() method validates the status code against a list of known values but does not verify that the caller has permission to set that particular status. As a result, any user with upload permissions can publish videos directly, circumventing content review processes. At time of publication, there are no publicly available patches.

The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-34738 since 03/30/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 07/26/2026). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1548.002.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• WWBN

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• AVideo

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• 26.0

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• open-source

Website

• Product: https://github.com/WWBN/AVideo/

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