Account takeover via attacker-fixed PHP session identifiers
Published Mar 23, 2026 · Updated Mar 23, 2026
Session fixation in World Wide Broadcast Network AVideo 26.0 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to hijack victim accounts. _session_start() accepts a GET-supplied PHPSESSID on selected same-origin endpoints, while User::login() preserves that identifier after authentication. A victim must click an attacker-posted same-origin link and then log in; the attacker can reuse the fixed session to act as that victim, including as an administrator.
Summary
What happened
Session fixation in World Wide Broadcast Network AVideo 26.0 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to hijack victim accounts. _session_start() accepts a GET-supplied PHPSESSID on selected same-origin endpoints, while User::login() preserves that identifier after authentication. A victim must click an attacker-posted same-origin link and then log in; the attacker can reuse the fixed session to act as that victim, including as an administrator.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-33492
- Published
- Mar 23, 2026
- Updated
- Mar 23, 2026
- Vendor
- World Wide Broadcast Network
- Product
- AVideo
- Classifications
- CWE-384, T1550.004
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Mar 23, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Mar 23, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=<= 26.0
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Public exploit references
- GHSA-x3pr-vrhq-vq43 session-fixation PoCproof of concept · demonstrated
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