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SSRF in WWBN AVideo LiveLinks proxy via IPv4-mapped IPv6 bypass

IdentifiersCVE-2026-33480CWE-918· Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

CVE-2026-33480 is a server-side request forgery vulnerability in WWBN AVideo affecting versions up to and including 26.0. The flaw is in the URL validation logic implemented by isSSRFSafeURL(), which can be bypassed by supplying IPv4-mapped IPv6 addresses in the form ::ffff:x.x.x.x. The unauthenticated endpoint plugin/LiveLinks/proxy.php relies on this function to determine whether a user-supplied URL is safe before retrieving it with curl. Because the IPv4-mapped IPv6 prefix is not properly rejected, an attacker can cause the server to issue requests to destinations that should be blocked, including localhost, internal network hosts, and cloud instance metadata endpoints. A patch is referenced in commit 75ce8a579a58c9d4c7aafe453fbced002cb8f373.

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Successful exploitation allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to use the AVideo server as an SSRF primitive. This can expose sensitive information from cloud metadata services, permit access to internal network resources not otherwise reachable from the internet, and enable interaction with services bound to localhost. Based on the provided context, the primary impact is high confidentiality exposure; no specific integrity or availability impact is described.

Mitigation

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If immediate patching is not possible, restrict or disable access to the unauthenticated plugin/LiveLinks/proxy.php endpoint, especially from untrusted networks. Apply outbound network egress controls so the AVideo host cannot reach cloud metadata services, localhost-only administrative interfaces, or internal/private address ranges unless explicitly required. Additional compensating controls include blocking requests to metadata IPs and equivalent IPv6 forms, and placing the application behind filtering that prevents user-controlled URL fetches to sensitive destinations.

Remediation

Patch, then assume compromise.

Upgrade WWBN AVideo to a version containing the fix for CVE-2026-33480. The provided patch is commit 75ce8a579a58c9d4c7aafe453fbced002cb8f373, which should be included in the deployed version. Validate that all URL parsing and SSRF protections correctly normalize and reject IPv4-mapped IPv6 representations when enforcing restrictions on localhost, link-local, metadata, and private/internal address space.
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