vulnerability / NVI-00004367 / Revision 2
AVideo: Unauthenticated File Deletion via PHP Operator Precedence Bug in CLI Guard
OSV carries this publisher advisory for wwbn/avideo. This is an aggregated source copy; consult the original publisher and compare update dates.
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01 / Meaning
Why it matters
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0.347%
FIRST EPSS model v2026.06.15; exploitation probability over 30 days, percentile 0.28281. Missing scores are unknown.
As of · FIRST EPSS
02 / Applicability
The affected context
Affected versions, configuration prerequisites and known exclusions are public. Confirm each one against the deployed service.
wwbn/avideo
source listedECOSYSTEM: introduced 0; last_affected 26.0
## Summary The AVideo installation script `install/deleteSystemdPrivate.php` contains a PHP operator precedence bug in its CLI-only access guard. The script is intended to run exclusively from the command line, but the guard condition `!php_sapi_name() === 'cli'` never evaluates to true due to how PHP resolves operator precedence. The `!` (logical NOT) operator binds more tightly than `===` (strict comparison), causing the expression to always evaluate to `false`, which means the `die()` statement never executes. As a result, the script is accessible via HTTP without authentication and will delete files from the server's temp directory while also disclosing the temp directory contents in its response. ## Details The faulty guard is at lines 2-4 of the script: ```php // install/deleteSystemdPrivate.php:2-4 if (!php_sapi_name() === 'cli') { die('Command Line only'); } ``` Due to PHP operator precedence, this expression is parsed as: ```php if ((!php_sapi_name()) === 'cli') { ``` Step-by-step evaluation when accessed via HTTP (Apache/nginx with mod_php or php-fpm): 1. `php_sapi_name()` returns `"apache2handler"` (or `"fpm-fcgi"`, etc.) - a non-empty string 2. `!php_sapi_na
03 / Response
What to do next
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04 / Limits
What this report cannot establish
- Customer inventory, deployment, reachability and exploitation have not been inspected.
05 / Provenance
Sources you can inspect
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- GHSA-wwpw-hrx8-79r5 ↗
GitHub Advisory Database via OSV · vendor advisory
Observed . GitHub-origin advisory, CC-BY-4.0; OSV is an aggregate copy, not independent corroboration.
- CVE-2026-34733 ↗
FIRST EPSS · official catalog
Observed . FIRST EPSS; probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, not local compromise. Dataset date/model retained; FIRST services terms apply.
Public revision history
Only published revisions appear here. Routine fetches do not create a material-change event.
- Revision 2 ·
Dated EPSS estimate updated; this is not a new disclosure or proof of exploitation.
- Revision 1 ·
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