WWBN AVideo Cache Keying playlistsFromUser.json.php privileges management

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A vulnerability was found in WWBN AVideo. It has been rated as problematic. The affected element is an unknown function of the file playlistsFromUser.json.php of the component Cache Keying. This manipulation causes privileges management. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2026-90538. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch.

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A vulnerability has been found in WWBN AVideo (version unknown) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the file playlistsFromUser.json.php of the component Cache Keying. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

WWBN AVideo through commit c3edcc274c389816d434acadac07ee78eaf330c1 contains a missing authorization vulnerability in playlistsFromUser.json.php that allows unauthenticated attackers to read private playlists by requesting another user's identifier. Attackers can retrieve Favorite and Watch Later playlists belonging to other users due to improper cache keying that conflates requests across different user contexts.

It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-90538 since 09/12/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

By approaching the search of inurl:playlistsFromUser.json.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

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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