# CVE-2023-49599

## Summary

- **CVE ID:** CVE-2023-49599
- **Severity:** CRITICAL
- **CVSS Score:** 9.8 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
- **CWE:** CWE-331
- **Published:** Jan 10, 2024
- **Last Modified:** Mar 13, 2026

## Description

An insufficient entropy vulnerability exists in the salt generation functionality of WWBN AVideo dev master commit 15fed957fb. A specially crafted series of HTTP requests can lead to privilege escalation. An attacker can gather system information via HTTP requests and brute force the salt offline, leading to forging a legitimate password recovery code for the admin user.

## Affected Products

- WWBN — AVideo (dev master commit 15fed957fb)

## References

- [CNA](https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2023-1900)
- [CVE](https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2023-1900)

## Exploitation Prediction (EPSS)

- **EPSS Score:** 0.29%
- **EPSS Percentile:** 52.1

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_Exported from OnDuty AI Vulnerability Intelligence on 2026-09-18._