Security advisory

{
  "id": "d549bfde350e3a227499b3bbcf536d7a6829c489571ddc1e032a5194ebfb3b21",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-23490",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2020-23490",
    "summary": "There was a local file disclosure vulnerability in AVideo < 8.9 via the proxy streaming. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this issue to read an arbitrary file on the server. Which could leak database credentials or other sensitive information such as /etc/passwd file.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-23490",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2020-23490",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2020-23490"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/wwbn/avideo",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "96b6c99150d1a5a174adeb244f4644a2fdd2d4bd"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "218c98cbd4a4a2c15745852bcd0f29faf101bd8c"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:wwbn:avideo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "8.9"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
                  {
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "fixed": "218c98cbd4a4a2c15745852bcd0f29faf101bd8c"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "8.7",
            "8.6",
            "8.5",
            "8.1",
            "7.8",
            "7.7",
            "7.6",
            "7.4",
            "7.3",
            "7.2",
            "4.0",
            "3.4",
            "2.7",
            "2.2"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-23490.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:52:49.666594356Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/WWBN/AVideo/commit/218c98cbd4a4a2c15745852bcd0f29faf101bd8c",
        "https://cube01.io/blog/Avideo-Remote-Code-Execution.html"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2020-23490",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 383891,
  "published_at": "2020-11-16T18:15:12.36+00:00"
}