WWBN AVideo Gallery Category.php getBackURL cross site scripting

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A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in WWBN AVideo. This impacts an unknown function of the file plugin/Gallery/view/Category.php of the component Gallery. Performing a manipulation of the argument getBackURL results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2026-89244. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in WWBN AVideo (affected version not known). This affects some unknown functionality of the file plugin/Gallery/view/Category.php of the component Gallery. The manipulation of the argument getBackURL with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

WWBN AVideo through commit c3edcc274c389816d434acadac07ee78eaf330c1 contains a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability in plugin/Gallery/view/Category.php when SubCategorys is enabled. The getBackURL parameter is echoed into an href attribute without HTML encoding, allowing attackers to inject malicious scripts that execute in visitors' browsers when they interact with the Back control.

It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-89244 since 09/11/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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Applying the patch c3edcc274c389816d434acadac07ee78eaf330c1 is able to eliminate this problem.

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• WWBN

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• AVideo

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• open-source

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

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