CVE-2026-40935
Description
WWBN AVideo is an open source video platform. In versions 29.0 and prior, objects/getCaptcha.php accepts the CAPTCHA length (ql) directly from the query string with no clamping or sanitization, letting any unauthenticated client force the server to generate a 1-character CAPTCHA word. Combined with a case-insensitive strcasecmp comparison over a ~33-character alphabet and the fact that failed validations do NOT consume the stored session token, an attacker can trivially brute-force the CAPTCHA on any endpoint that relies on Captcha::validation() (user registration, password recovery, contact form, etc.) in at most ~33 requests per session. Commit bf1c76989e6a9054be4f0eb009d68f0f2464b453 contains a fix.
Affected packages
Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.
| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|---|---|
wwbn/avideoPackagist | <= 29.0 | — |
Affected products
1Patches
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References
4- github.com/WWBN/AVideo/commit/bf1c76989e6a9054be4f0eb009d68f0f2464b453nvdPatchWEB
- github.com/WWBN/AVideo/security/advisories/GHSA-hg7g-56h5-5pqrnvdExploitMitigationVendor AdvisoryWEB
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-hg7g-56h5-5pqrghsaADVISORY
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-40935ghsaADVISORY
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