CVE-2026-47694: WWBN AVideo: Stored XSS via unescaped Gallery category description

Summary

AVideo stores category descriptions from user input and later renders categorydescription as raw HTML in the Gallery view. A user who can create or edit categories can store JavaScript in a category description, which executes when another user views the affected Gallery/category page.

This is a stored XSS in the category description field, separate from previously fixed XSS issues in video titles or comments.

### Details

Source:

objects/categoryAddNew.json.php

php $objCat->setDescription($POST['description']);

Storage setter:

objects/category.php

public function setDescription($description) { $this->description = $description; } Sink:

plugin/Gallery/view/mainAreaCategory.php <div id="categoryDescription<?php echo $duid; ?>" style="display: none;"><?php echo $videos[0]['categorydescription']; ?></div> The value is rendered without htmlspecialchars(), htmlentities(), HTMLPurifier, or equivalent output encoding.

### PoC

Prerequisites:

- AVideo current master / v29.0 - User account with permission to create or edit categories - Gallery plugin/view enabled - At least one video assigned to the affected category

Steps:

1. Log in as a user who can create or edit categories. 2. Create or edit a category. 3. Set the category description to: <img src=x onerror=alert(document.domain)> 4. Save the category. 5. Assign at least one video to that category. 6. Open the Gallery/category page that renders the category section. 7. The payload is inserted into the page as raw HTML and JavaScript executes.

### Impact

An attacker with category edit permission can execute JavaScript in the browser of users or administrators who view the affected Gallery/category page. This can be used to perform actions as the victim, steal same-origin data accessible to JavaScript, or abuse administrative UI actions if an administrator views the malicious category.

Recommended fix

- Sanitize category descriptions on input with the same HTML policy used for video descriptions, or store plain text only. - Encode on output:

php echo htmlspecialchars($videos[0]['categorydescription'], ENTQUOTES, 'UTF-8');

- If limited HTML is intended, run the description through HTMLPurifier before storage or before render. - Add regression tests for category description rendering in Gallery views.