WWBN AVideo up to 29.0 getHeaderContentTypeFromURL server-side request forgery

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A vulnerability was found in WWBN AVideo up to 29.0. It has been classified as critical. This affects the function getHeaderContentTypeFromURL. This manipulation causes server-side request forgery. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-91967. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in WWBN AVideo up to 29.0. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function getHeaderContentTypeFromURL. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a server-side request forgery vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-918. The web server receives a URL or similar request from an upstream component and retrieves the contents of this URL, but it does not sufficiently ensure that the request is being sent to the expected destination. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

AVideo through 29.0 contains a blind server-side request forgery vulnerability in the getHeaderContentTypeFromURL function that issues get_headers() calls guarded only by format validation. Authenticated users with canUpload permission can store attacker-chosen URLs as video links, triggering vulnerable function execution on every video watch page render to probe internal hosts using content-type oracles and timing-based detection.

The advisory is shared at github.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-91967 since 09/15/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/15/2026).

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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• 29.0

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• open-source

Website

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

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