CVE-2023-50172 WWBN AVideo recovery notification bypass vulnerability
Attackers can bypass captcha validation to silently create recovery codes for any user, leading to account takeover.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-50172?
CVE-2023-50172 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Wwbn Avideo, published on 10 Jan 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A recovery notification bypass vulnerability exists in the userRecoverPass.php captcha validation functionality of WWBN AVideo dev master commit 15fed957fb. A specially crafted HTTP request can lead to the silent creation of a recovery pass code for any user.
Weakness: CWE-640
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-50172?
2 open source packages ship an affected version, including wwbn/avideo. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
wwbn/avideo Packagist | All versions to 12.4 | None |
wwbn/avideo Packagist | All versions to 12.4 | None |
Products include Wwbn Avideo.
How do I fix CVE-2023-50172?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-50172 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.
Is CVE-2023-50172 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-50172 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-8m5f-2xvp-2c8w.