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Plain-English summary
AVideo’s password recovery flow used too little randomness in the recovery value. A logged-in attacker could send a crafted request that may allow password recovery for another account. The main business risk is account takeover in AVideo deployments based on the named development commit.
Executive priority
Treat as a high-priority account takeover risk if AVideo is internet-facing or used for privileged content administration. Prioritize inventory and vendor-confirmed remediation before relying on compensating controls.
Technical view
CVE-2023-49589 affects WWBN AVideo dev master commit 15fed957fb in userRecoverPass.php recoverPass generation. The CVSS 3.1 score is 8.8, with network access, low complexity, low privileges, no user interaction, and high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact.
Likely exposure
Exposure appears limited to AVideo deployments using or derived from dev master commit 15fed957fb. The source bundle does not identify packaged releases, CPEs, or downstream distributions as affected.
Exploitation context
The sources describe a specially crafted HTTP request leading to arbitrary user password recovery. They do not cite public exploitation, and the CVE is not listed as KEV in the provided bundle.
Researcher notes
Evidence is narrow: affected scope is stated as WWBN AVideo dev master commit 15fed957fb. No patch, fixed version, CPE, or active exploitation evidence is provided in the source bundle.
Mitigation direction
- Check WWBN AVideo and Talos guidance for a fixed commit or release.
- Move production deployments away from dev master commit 15fed957fb when validated.
- Limit public access to password recovery endpoints where operationally feasible.
- Monitor for suspicious password recovery requests and account reset activity.
- Reset credentials for accounts with suspicious recovery activity.
Validation and detection
- Inventory AVideo deployments and identify exact source commit or release.
- Confirm whether userRecoverPass.php includes the affected recoverPass generation logic.
- Review access logs for unusual password recovery requests.
- Check account audit trails for unexpected recovery or password reset events.
- Track vendor advisories for confirmed fixed versions or commits.
Public sources used
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- High
- CVSS
- 8.8 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H2.85.9Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
8.8HighVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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