CVE-2023-47171 Path traversal in AVideo
An attacker can read arbitrary files from the server via a crafted HTTP request in the video encoder component.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-47171?
CVE-2023-47171 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Wwbn Avideo, published on 10 Jan 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An information disclosure vulnerability exists in the aVideoEncoder.json.php chunkFile path functionality of WWBN AVideo 11.6 and dev master commit 15fed957fb. A specially crafted HTTP request can lead to arbitrary file read.
Weakness: CWE-73
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-47171?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wwbn Avideo.
How do I fix CVE-2023-47171?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-47171 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2023-47171 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-47171 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in Wwbn Avideo
- CVE-2026-40911 WWBN AVideo YPTSocket WebSocket Broadcast Relay Leads to Unauthenticated Cross-User JavaScript Execution via Client-Side eval() Sinks
- CVE-2026-33478 AVideo Multi-Chain Attack: Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution via Clone Key Disclosure, Database Dump, and Command Injection
- CVE-2022-30534 Command injection in AVideo
- CVE-2022-30547 Path traversal in AVideo
- CVE-2022-32572 Command injection in AVideo
Sources
Also known as GHSA-wfjj-3hq8-qwp2.