Authorization Bypass in AVideo Platform

published 2021-02-01 5y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2021-8654

cvss: 7.7; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.8%; EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 56%
public exploits: 0; none known

AVideo Platform is an open-source Audio and Video platform. It is similar to a self-hosted YouTube. In AVideo Platform before version 10.2 there is an authorization bypass vulnerability which enables an ordinary user to get admin control. This is fixed in version 10.2. All queries now remove the pass hash and the recoverPass hash.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

wwbn avideo 10.2

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Exploit prediction

0.78% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 56% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	7.7	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD	3.1	8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	6.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

WWBN AVideo

Classification

Weakness

CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization

References

avideo.tube /
vendor-advisory
github.com /WWBN/AVideo/security/advisories/GHSA-xq8j-fhg5-hr39
third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2021-21286
NVD CVE-2021-21286

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