---
id: "CVE-2026-111793"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2026-111793"]
title: "Openwave Webtop Media Transcoder ignores admin file type limits for conversion"
severity: "medium"
cvss: 4.3
epss: null
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "infrastructure"
products: []
ecosystems: []
tags: ["infrastructure", "openwave-webtop", "self-hosted"]
not_affected_if: ["no-file-type-restrictions-configured"]
published_at: "2026-10-16T19:17:05+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-23T21:57:14+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-25T04:39:54+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-111793", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T21:57:14+00:00"}]
---

# Openwave Webtop Media Transcoder ignores admin file type limits for conversion

Openwave Webtop Media Transcoder does not enforce the file-type restrictions an administrator sets for conversion. An authenticated user who bypasses the Webmail interface can convert document types the administrator meant to block.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## Timeline

- 2026-10-23T21:57:14+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-111793

## From the sources

Openwave Webtop Media Transcoder does not enforce administrator-defined file type restrictions to restrict the file-types to be converted. This may allow an authenticated user to process and convert unintended document types if bypassing the Webmail experience.

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