WWBN AVideo Unrestricted Authentication Attempts via get_api_preauthorize

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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-86729",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "WWBN AVideo Unrestricted Authentication Attempts via get_api_preauthorize",
    "summary": "WWBN AVideo through commit e01e41ecc (no patched version available) exposes get_api_preauthorize in plugin/API/API.php as a second, undocumented login path. Unlike get_api_signIn, which enforces a rate limit of 10 attempts per 5 minutes via checkRateLimit(), get_api_preauthorize performs the same credential check with no throttling for any client, allowing unlimited remote password guessing against arbitrary accounts, including admin. The endpoint also acts as a credential oracle: it returns the message \"Invalid credentials\" for both correct and incorrect passwords, while the users_id field in the response body discloses the authenticated identity (users_id:1 on success, users_id:0 on failure), and a correct password establishes a session cookie that remains usable for authenticated API requests. Together these issues permit unauthenticated brute-force account takeover.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2026-86729",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "critical",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2026-86729",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2026-86729",
        "GHSA-vvqm-mgc5-hhx3"
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      "metrics": [
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          "type": "CVSS_V4",
          "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N"
        }
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          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-86729.json"
          }
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:43.310242925Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/86xxx/CVE-2026-86729.json",
        "https://github.com/WWBN/AVideo/security/advisories/GHSA-vvqm-mgc5-hhx3",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-86729",
        "https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/wwbn-avideo-unrestricted-authentication-attempts-via-get-api-preauthorize"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cwe_ids": [
          "CWE-307"
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        "cna_assigner": "VulnCheck",
        "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/86xxx/CVE-2026-86729.json"
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
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        "value": "CVE-2026-86729",
        "evidence": "/id"
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 510953,
  "published_at": "2026-09-08T15:14:00.187+00:00"
}