Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-39369

Path Traversal in Wwbn Avideo ≤ 26.0

Published
07 April 2026
Modified
24 July 2026
Patch / advisory
CVSS Score v3.1 7.6
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L
EPSS Score 0.0041 34th percentile
Risk Priority 57 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2026-39369 is a high-severity Path Traversal (CWE-22) vulnerability in Wwbn Avideo. Its CVSS base score is 7.6 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 34th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to AC-3 (Access Enforcement) and SI-10 (Information Input Validation) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary

Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.

CVE-2026-39369 is a path traversal vulnerability (CWE-22) in WWBN AVideo, an open source video platform, affecting versions 26.0 and prior. The issue resides in the objects/aVideoEncoderReceiveImage.json.php component, which permits an authenticated uploader to supply attacker-controlled same-origin /videos/... URLs. This bypasses traversal scrubbing and exposes server-local files through the GIF poster storage path, with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.6 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L).

An authenticated uploader with low privileges can exploit this vulnerability remotely over the network with low complexity and no user interaction required. Successful exploitation allows the attacker to read arbitrary local files, such as /etc/passwd or application source code, by abusing the vulnerable GIF branch. The stolen file contents are then republished through a normal public GIF media URL, enabling high confidentiality impact alongside low integrity and availability impacts.

Mitigation details are provided in the official GitHub security advisory at https://github.com/WWBN/AVideo/security/advisories/GHSA-f4f9-627c-jh33 and the patching commit at https://github.com/WWBN/AVideo/commit/2375eb5e0a6d3cbcfb05377657d0820a7d470b1d. Security practitioners should upgrade to a patched version beyond 26.0 and review access controls for uploaders.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

WWBN AVideo is an open source video platform. In versions 26.0 and prior, objects/aVideoEncoderReceiveImage.json.php allowed an authenticated uploader to fetch attacker-controlled same-origin /videos/... URLs, bypass traversal scrubbing, and expose server-local files through the GIF poster storage path. The vulnerable GIF…

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branch could be abused to read local files such as /etc/passwd or application source files and republish those bytes through a normal public GIF media URL.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

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Affected Assets

wwbn
avideo
≤ 26.0

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V5.3.2

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

Enforces the intended directory access authorizations that path traversal would otherwise bypass.

Input validation directly neutralizes special path elements before pathname construction occurs.

Least privilege reduces the impact of any unauthorized file access obtained via traversal.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-02 partial match
prevents

Patching/maintenance can remediate known path-traversal flaws in deployed software (partial prevention of exploitability) but does nothing to stop the coding defect from being introduced in the first place.

PR.AA-05 none match
prevents

PR.AA-05 defines and reviews access policies but does not address code-level pathname neutralization, so neither direction prevents CWE-22.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

finds

Security testing in development catches path traversal via static/dynamic analysis.

prevents

Secure SDLC mandates input validation and path sanitization that directly prevent path traversal.

prevents

Application security requirements include rules for safe file handling and canonicalization.

prevents

Secure architecture principles require least-privilege file access and directory isolation.

prevents

Secure coding standards explicitly forbid unsafe path construction and mandate safe APIs.

mitigates

Information access restriction limits which files an application may read or write.

References