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Advisory details: vulnrichment / CVE-2026-28501
Advisory ID vulnrichment/CVE-2026-28501
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Summary WWBN AVideo is an open source video platform. Prior to version 24.0, an unauthenticated SQL Injection vulnerability exists in AVideo within the objects/videos.json.php and objects/video.php components. The application fails to properly sanitize the catName parameter when it is supplied via a JSON-formatted POST request body. Because JSON input is parsed and merged into $_REQUEST after global security checks are executed, the payload bypasses the existing sanitization mechanisms. This issue has been patched in version 24.0.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 0.0
Risk
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Introduced and Fixed Package Commit Patches Package Commit Patches Details
Weaknesses (1)
System Score Found at
cvssv3.1 9.8
ssvc Track
Data source Metasploit
Description AVideo <= 22.0 is vulnerable to unauthenticated SQL injection via the catName parameter in objects/videos.json.php (CVE-2026-28501). The security filter in security.php sanitizes GET/POST parameters but does not cover JSON request bodies. Since videos.json.php parses JSON input and merges it into $_REQUEST after the filter runs, a catName value sent as JSON bypasses sanitization entirely and reaches getCatSQL() unsanitized. This module uses time-based blind injection with BENCHMARK() to dump usernames and password hashes. SLEEP() is blocked by the sqlDAL prepared statement layer, but BENCHMARK(N*(condition), SHA1(x)) works because the condition is evaluated as a multiplier on the iteration count, avoiding the subquery restrictions imposed by prepare(). Fixed in 24.0 (no 23.0 release exists).
Note
Stability:
  - crash-safe
SideEffects:
  - ioc-in-logs
Reliability: []
Ransomware campaign use Unknown
Source publication date March 5, 2026
Source URL https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/tree/master/modules/auxiliary/gather/avideo_catname_sqli.rb

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Patch URL
There are no known patches.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at None
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:Y/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2026-03-06T16:01:32Z/ Found at None

Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:Y/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2026-03-06T16:01:32Z/

Decision: Track

Source URL: https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/blob/develop/2026/28xxx/CVE-2026-28501.json

Source Advisory: vulnrichment/CVE-2026-28501

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 {'Automatable': 'yes'},
 {'Technical Impact': 'total'},
 {'Mission Prevalence': 'minimal'},
 {'Public Well-being Impact': 'material'},
 {'Mission & Well-being': 'medium'}]