# CVE-2026-40909: WWBN AVideo has a Path Traversal in Locale Save Endpoint Enables Arbitrary PHP File Write to Any Web-Accessible Directory (RCE)

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-40909-wwbn-avideo-has-a-path-traversal-in-locale-save-endpoint-enables  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2026-04-21. Updated: 2026-05-11  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2026-40909 · Severity: high · CVSS 8.7 · Published 2026-04-21

WWBN AVideo is an open source video platform. In versions 29.0 and prior, the locale save endpoint (`locale/save.php`) constructs a file path by directly concatenating `$_POST['flag']` into the path at line 30 without any sanitization. The `$_POST['code']` parameter is then written verbatim to that path via `fwrite()` at line 40. An admin attacker (or any user who can CSRF an admin, since no CSRF token is checked and cookies use `SameSite=None`) can traverse out of the `locale/` directory and write arbitrary `.php` files to any writable location on the filesystem, achieving Remote Code Execution. Commit 57f89ffbc27d37c9d9dd727212334846e78ac21a fixes the issue.

Technologies: [wwbn/avideo (Packagist)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/wwbn-avideo), [WWBN AVideo](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/avideo). Vendors: [Packagist](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/packagist), [WWBN](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/wwbn).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2026-40909 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-40909 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2026-40909?** High severity, with a CVSS score of 8.7, published 21 April 2026.

**Which products and versions are affected?** wwbn/avideo (Packagist) <= 29.0, ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,last_affected=29.0.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2026-40909?** No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.

**Am I affected by CVE-2026-40909?** Check whether you run wwbn/avideo (Packagist) or WWBN AVideo at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## Affected products

- wwbn/avideo (Packagist) <= 29.0, ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,last_affected=29.0
- WWBN AVideo

## Identifiers

- CVE-2026-40909
- GHSA-6rc6-p838-686f

## References

- [https://api.github.com/users/offset](https://api.github.com/users/offset)
- [https://github.com/offset](https://github.com/offset)
- [https://api.github.com/users/offset/gists%7B/gist_id%7D](https://api.github.com/users/offset/gists%7B/gist_id%7D)
- [https://api.github.com/users/offset/repos](https://api.github.com/users/offset/repos)
- [https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/114768995?v=4](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/114768995?v=4)
- [https://api.github.com/users/offset/events%7B/privacy%7D](https://api.github.com/users/offset/events%7B/privacy%7D)

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