Description
WWBN AVideo through commit e01e41ecc (no patched version available) exposes get_api_preauthorize in plugin/API/API.php as a second, undocumented login path. Unlike get_api_signIn, which enforces a rate limit of 10 attempts per 5 minutes via checkRateLimit(), get_api_preauthorize performs the same credential check with no throttling for any client, allowing unlimited remote password guessing against arbitrary accounts, including admin. The endpoint also acts as a credential oracle: it returns the message "Invalid credentials" for both correct and incorrect passwords, while the users_id field in the response body discloses the authenticated identity (users_id:1 on success, users_id:0 on failure), and a correct password establishes a session cookie that remains usable for authenticated API requests. Together these issues permit unauthenticated brute-force account takeover.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| WWBN | AVideo | ≤ 29.0 | — |
References
- GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-vvqm-mgc5-hhx3) vendor-advisory
- VulnCheck Advisory: WWBN AVideo Unrestricted Authentication Attempts via get_api_preauthorize third-party-advisory