CVE-2026-28501 is a critical-severity (CVSS 9.8) SQL Injection vulnerability in wwbn/avideo. The records list no fixed version yet; check the vendor advisory below and apply the mitigations in the meantime.
WWBN AVideo: Unauthenticated SQL Injection via JSON Request Bypass in objects/videos.json.php
Exploitation Status
No confirmed exploitation observed yet
- CISA assesses this as automatable — exploitation doesn’t require manual, per-target effort, which raises the odds of mass scanning and opportunistic attacks.
- A successful exploit gives an attacker total control of the affected component, not partial access.
- CISA’s own triage has not observed active exploitation or public proof-of-concept code for this CVE as of its last assessment.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for CVE-2026-28501.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
How urgent is this, really
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Real-World Exposure
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Description
Impact
An unauthenticated SQL Injection vulnerability exists in AVideo within the objects/videos.json.php and objects/video.php components.
The application fails to properly sanitize the catName parameter when it is supplied via a JSON-formatted POST request body. Because JSON input is parsed and merged into $_REQUEST after global security checks are executed, the payload bypasses the existing sanitization mechanisms.
This allows an unauthenticated attacker to:
- Execute arbitrary SQL queries
- Perform full database exfiltration
- Extract sensitive data including administrator usernames, password hashes, session identifiers and user records
- Potentially escalate privileges by cracking password hashes offline
- Chain with authenticated vulnerabilities to achieve full system compromise
This vulnerability is classified as:
- CWE-89: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command (SQL Injection)
Patches
This vulnerability has been fixed in version 23.
Users must upgrade to version 23 or later.
Workarounds
There is no reliable workaround.
The only recommended mitigation is to upgrade immediately to version 23 upon its release.
References
Internal security report.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐘Packagist | wwbn/avideo | all versions | No fix |
Affected Products
avideowwbnDetection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for wwbn/avideo, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Remediation status
The records we use list no patched version of wwbn/avideo for CVE-2026-28501. Check the maintainer's advisory, and where your build allows, override or pin the dependency away from the vulnerable range.
Mitigate without a patch
Until you can upgrade, make sure every query built from user input uses parameterised statements or a prepared-statement API rather than string concatenation, and reduce the database account's privileges so an injected query cannot read or alter data beyond what the feature needs.
Frequently Asked Questions
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