CVE-2026-40935

MEDIUM

WWBN/AVideo has CAPTCHA Bypass via Attacker-Controlled Length Parameter and Missing Token Invalidation on Failure

Title source: cna

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.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.3
EPSS 0.0003
EPSS Percentile 8.0%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-804
Status published
Products (1)
WWBN/AVideo <= 29.0
Published Apr 21, 2026
Tracked Since Apr 22, 2026