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AVideo has Unauthenticated IDOR - Playlist Information Disclosure

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Mar 6, 2026 in WWBN/AVideo • Updated Mar 10, 2026

Package

composer wwbn/avideo (Composer)

Affected versions

< 25.0

Patched versions

25.0

Description

Product: AVideo (https://github.com/WWBN/AVideo)
Version: Latest (tested March 2026)
Type: Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR)
Auth Required: No
User Interaction: None

Summary

The /objects/playlistsFromUser.json.php endpoint returns all playlists for any user without requiring authentication or authorization. An unauthenticated attacker can enumerate user IDs and retrieve playlist information including playlist names, video IDs, and playlist status for any user on the platform.

Root Cause

The endpoint accepts a users_id parameter and directly queries the database without any authentication or authorization check.
File: objects/playlistsFromUser.json.php

if (empty($_GET['users_id'])) {
    die("You need a user");
}
// NO AUTHENTICATION CHECK
// NO AUTHORIZATION CHECK (does this user_id belong to the requester?)
$row = PlayList::getAllFromUser($_GET['users_id'], false);
echo json_encode($row);

There is no call to User::isLogged() or any comparison between the requesting user and the target users_id.

Affected Code

File Line Issue
objects/playlistsFromUser.json.php 10-21 No authentication or authorization check before returning playlist data

Proof of Concept

Retrieve admin's playlists (user ID 1)

curl "https://TARGET/objects/playlistsFromUser.json.php?users_id=1"

Response:

[
  {"id":false,"name":"Watch Later","status":"watch_later","users_id":1},
  {"id":false,"name":"Favorite","status":"favorite","users_id":1}
]

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Impact

  • Privacy violation — any visitor can see all users' playlist names and contents
  • User enumeration — valid user IDs can be discovered by iterating through IDs
  • Information gathering — playlist names and video IDs reveal user interests and private content preferences
  • Targeted attacks — gathered information can be used for social engineering or further exploitation

Remediation

Add authentication and authorization checks:

// Option 1: Require authentication + only own playlists
if (!User::isLogged()) {
    die(json_encode(['error' => 'Authentication required']));
}
if ($_GET['users_id'] != User::getId() && !User::isAdmin()) {
    die(json_encode(['error' => 'Access denied']));
}

// Option 2: If public playlists are intended, filter by visibility
$row = PlayList::getAllFromUser($_GET['users_id'], false, 'public');

References

@DanielnetoDotCom DanielnetoDotCom published to WWBN/AVideo Mar 6, 2026
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Mar 7, 2026
Reviewed Mar 7, 2026
Published by the National Vulnerability Database Mar 10, 2026
Last updated Mar 10, 2026

Severity

Moderate

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v4 base metrics

Exploitability Metrics
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Attack Requirements None
Privileges Required None
User interaction None
Vulnerable System Impact Metrics
Confidentiality Low
Integrity None
Availability None
Subsequent System Impact Metrics
Confidentiality None
Integrity None
Availability None

CVSS v4 base metrics

Exploitability Metrics
Attack Vector: This metric reflects the context by which vulnerability exploitation is possible. This metric value (and consequently the resulting severity) will be larger the more remote (logically, and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerable system. The assumption is that the number of potential attackers for a vulnerability that could be exploited from across a network is larger than the number of potential attackers that could exploit a vulnerability requiring physical access to a device, and therefore warrants a greater severity.
Attack Complexity: This metric captures measurable actions that must be taken by the attacker to actively evade or circumvent existing built-in security-enhancing conditions in order to obtain a working exploit. These are conditions whose primary purpose is to increase security and/or increase exploit engineering complexity. A vulnerability exploitable without a target-specific variable has a lower complexity than a vulnerability that would require non-trivial customization. This metric is meant to capture security mechanisms utilized by the vulnerable system.
Attack Requirements: This metric captures the prerequisite deployment and execution conditions or variables of the vulnerable system that enable the attack. These differ from security-enhancing techniques/technologies (ref Attack Complexity) as the primary purpose of these conditions is not to explicitly mitigate attacks, but rather, emerge naturally as a consequence of the deployment and execution of the vulnerable system.
Privileges Required: This metric describes the level of privileges an attacker must possess prior to successfully exploiting the vulnerability. The method by which the attacker obtains privileged credentials prior to the attack (e.g., free trial accounts), is outside the scope of this metric. Generally, self-service provisioned accounts do not constitute a privilege requirement if the attacker can grant themselves privileges as part of the attack.
User interaction: This metric captures the requirement for a human user, other than the attacker, to participate in the successful compromise of the vulnerable system. This metric determines whether the vulnerability can be exploited solely at the will of the attacker, or whether a separate user (or user-initiated process) must participate in some manner.
Vulnerable System Impact Metrics
Confidentiality: This metric measures the impact to the confidentiality of the information managed by the VULNERABLE SYSTEM due to a successfully exploited vulnerability. Confidentiality refers to limiting information access and disclosure to only authorized users, as well as preventing access by, or disclosure to, unauthorized ones.
Integrity: This metric measures the impact to integrity of a successfully exploited vulnerability. Integrity refers to the trustworthiness and veracity of information. Integrity of the VULNERABLE SYSTEM is impacted when an attacker makes unauthorized modification of system data. Integrity is also impacted when a system user can repudiate critical actions taken in the context of the system (e.g. due to insufficient logging).
Availability: This metric measures the impact to the availability of the VULNERABLE SYSTEM resulting from a successfully exploited vulnerability. While the Confidentiality and Integrity impact metrics apply to the loss of confidentiality or integrity of data (e.g., information, files) used by the system, this metric refers to the loss of availability of the impacted system itself, such as a networked service (e.g., web, database, email). Since availability refers to the accessibility of information resources, attacks that consume network bandwidth, processor cycles, or disk space all impact the availability of a system.
Subsequent System Impact Metrics
Confidentiality: This metric measures the impact to the confidentiality of the information managed by the SUBSEQUENT SYSTEM due to a successfully exploited vulnerability. Confidentiality refers to limiting information access and disclosure to only authorized users, as well as preventing access by, or disclosure to, unauthorized ones.
Integrity: This metric measures the impact to integrity of a successfully exploited vulnerability. Integrity refers to the trustworthiness and veracity of information. Integrity of the SUBSEQUENT SYSTEM is impacted when an attacker makes unauthorized modification of system data. Integrity is also impacted when a system user can repudiate critical actions taken in the context of the system (e.g. due to insufficient logging).
Availability: This metric measures the impact to the availability of the SUBSEQUENT SYSTEM resulting from a successfully exploited vulnerability. While the Confidentiality and Integrity impact metrics apply to the loss of confidentiality or integrity of data (e.g., information, files) used by the system, this metric refers to the loss of availability of the impacted system itself, such as a networked service (e.g., web, database, email). Since availability refers to the accessibility of information resources, attacks that consume network bandwidth, processor cycles, or disk space all impact the availability of a system.
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(23rd percentile)

Weaknesses

Missing Authentication for Critical Function

The product does not perform any authentication for functionality that requires a provable user identity or consumes a significant amount of resources. Learn more on MITRE.

Missing Authorization

The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2026-30885

GHSA ID

GHSA-6w2r-cfpc-23r5

Source code

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