Watch — Return to Paradise 17

Per-movie CDN bypass proof The API returned playingUrl for Return to Paradise 17 with issubscriber: false, user_access: deny, and paid_for: true. The video_name + serverhost from the API response are used to construct the CDN URL above, confirming that the file for this specific movie is publicly accessible with no authentication.

Security research evidence Inspect entitlement results, CDN URLs, and the raw API response Access control failed

API response evidence

Endpoint called GET /api/preview/v2/63364/0

User ID used 0 (no user / not logged in)

JWT used Expired Feb 2024 (extracted from APK)

issubscriber false

user_access

paid_for YES (premium content)

substatus EXPIRED

serverhost 47

video_name 17.Return to Paradise.-..VJ.Ashim.mp4

playingUrl returned YES — URL in response

API playingUrl value https://munowatch.co/clips/ELI.mp4

CDN stream https://munotek-vault.b-cdn.net/stw42/fya/17.Return%20to%20Paradise.-..VJ.Ashim.mp4

Finding: The server sets user_access=deny and issubscriber=false but still returns playingUrl in the same response. Subscription is enforced client-side only — any caller with the expired APK JWT can obtain stream URLs without a subscription. Munowatch CDN (b-cdn.net) serves content with no auth required (direct HTTP Range requests succeed with HTTP 206).

{
    "id": 63364,
    "video_title": "Return to Paradise 17",
    "description": " Focuses on Eden Sta. Maria and Red Ramos, two college students who were left stranded on an island following an aircraft catastrophe.",
    "video_name": "17.Return to Paradise.-..VJ.Ashim.mp4",
    "filehistory": "",
    "openload": "0",
    "embedurl": "",
    "serverhost": "47",
    "allow_openload": "0",
    "full_video_name": "",
    "duration": "24h 18m",
    "thumbnail": "https://apposters.b-cdn.net/laba/yo/naki/ErRGFyveLW3934.jpg",
    "tfilehistory": "",
    "category_id": 5,
    "language_id": 1,
    "recording_date": "2026-04-24",
    "age_id": "18 +",
    "location": 1,
    "tab_category_id": 5,
    "series_code": "27666",
    "access": "1",
    "paid_for": "1",
    "new_movie": "1",
    "priority": "No",
    "size": "465.39 MB",
    "create_date": "2026-04-24 14:33:56",
    "schedule_date": "24.04.2026 12:48:40 PM",
    "user_id": 1118356,
    "vj_id": 52,
    "video_status_id": 0,
    "network_id": "45.221.8.55",
    "user_access": "",
    "notification": "No",
    "secduration": "87480.000000",
    "issubscriber": false,
    "genre": "Series",
    "vjname": "Vj Ashim",
    "trailer_playing_url": "",
    "episodes": 67,
    "episode_state": "NEXT",
    "nxt_eps": "EPS  18",
    "nxt_eps_id": 63365,
    "nxt_eps_title": "Return to Paradise 18",
    "nxt_ldur": 0,
    "nxt_playing_url": "https://munowatch.co/clips/ELI.mp4",
    "playingUrl": "https://munowatch.co/clips/ELI.mp4",
    "ldur": 0,
    "session_id": "cb99afb5b31411a57538a97393de0e2e",
    "device": "web",
    "lang_name": "English to Luganda",
    "vjrelease": "1 month ago",
    "mstatus": false,
    "kstatus": "",
    "substatus": "EXPIRED"
}