diff --git a/movie_editor/server.py b/movie_editor/server.py
index 9423ad23..e146c7d4 100644
--- a/movie_editor/server.py
+++ b/movie_editor/server.py
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ def _extract_prev_scene_frame(prev_media: Optional[dict], scene_id: str) -> Opti
     import os
     import shutil
     import subprocess
-    if not prev_media or not prev_media.get("filename"):
+    if not isinstance(prev_media, dict) or not prev_media.get("filename"):
         return None
     if shutil.which("ffmpeg") is None:
         return None
@@ -438,8 +438,8 @@ def _extract_prev_scene_frame(prev_media: Optional[dict], scene_id: str) -> Opti
     # is then re-checked against tempdir in case a crafted subfolder still escaped it.
     fn_in = os.path.basename(str(prev_media["filename"]))
     sub_in = str(prev_media.get("subfolder") or "").strip("/\\")
-    src = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(tempdir, sub_in, fn_in))
-    if os.path.commonpath([src, tempdir]) != tempdir or not os.path.isfile(src):
+    src = os.path.join(tempdir, sub_in, fn_in)
+    if not folder_paths.is_within_directory(tempdir, src) or not os.path.isfile(src):
         return None
     out_fn = f"funpack_prevframe_{scene_id}.png"
     out_path = os.path.join(tempdir, out_fn)
@@ -1848,8 +1848,13 @@ if web is not None and PromptServer is not None:
                 sampler_inputs, _settings = pipeline_caps.apply_simple_mode(sampler_inputs, _settings)
                 studio_inputs["studio_settings"] = json.dumps(_settings)
             prev_scene_media = body.get("prev_scene_media")
+            # `only_scene` (not target.scenes[0]) is the requesting scene: _solo() expands
+            # `target` to every scene sharing a generative unit, so two concurrent solo
+            # requests for different scenes in the same unit would otherwise scope their
+            # extraction to the same first-scene id and clobber each other's frame.
+            scene_scope = body.get("only_scene") or (target.scenes[0].id if target.scenes else "run")
             prev_scene_frame = (
-                _extract_prev_scene_frame(prev_scene_media, target.scenes[0].id if target.scenes else "run")
+                _extract_prev_scene_frame(prev_scene_media, scene_scope)
                 if prev_scene_media else None
             )
             graph, report = builder.build(oi, models_cfg, {
diff --git a/movie_editor/tests/test_server.py b/movie_editor/tests/test_server.py
index a92bcd19..c7911bf0 100644
--- a/movie_editor/tests/test_server.py
+++ b/movie_editor/tests/test_server.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ from movie_editor.server import (
     _build_render_filter,
     _clip_bytes_for_media,
     _clip_needs_trim,
+    _extract_prev_scene_frame,
     _has_graphics_export_content,
     _parse_has_scenes,
     _parse_prompt_variants,
@@ -60,6 +61,66 @@ def test_list_temp_media_lists_media_newest_first(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
     clip = next(f for f in files if f["filename"] == "clip.webm")
     assert clip["subfolder"] == "previews"
     assert clip["kind"] == "video"
+# ── _extract_prev_scene_frame: prevframe extraction, never a media-bin asset ──────
+
+
+def _fake_folder_paths(tempdir, monkeypatch):
+    fake = type("FP", (), {
+        "get_temp_directory": staticmethod(lambda: str(tempdir)),
+        "is_within_directory": staticmethod(
+            lambda d, t: __import__("os").path.commonpath(
+                [__import__("os").path.realpath(d), __import__("os").path.realpath(t)]
+            ) == __import__("os").path.realpath(d)),
+    })
+    monkeypatch.setitem(__import__("sys").modules, "folder_paths", fake)
+
+
+def test_prev_scene_frame_rejects_a_non_dict_payload(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+    """A malformed prev_scene_media must degrade to 'nothing to extract', not blow up the
+    whole generate request — it round-trips through client JSON and is never trusted."""
+    _fake_folder_paths(tmp_path, monkeypatch)
+    assert _extract_prev_scene_frame("not-a-dict", "scene1") is None
+    assert _extract_prev_scene_frame(["also", "not"], "scene1") is None
+    assert _extract_prev_scene_frame({}, "scene1") is None
+
+
+def test_prev_scene_frame_blocks_subfolder_traversal(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+    (tmp_path / "real.mp4").write_bytes(b"x")
+    secret_dir = tmp_path.parent / "funpack_traversal_secret"
+    secret_dir.mkdir(exist_ok=True)
+    (secret_dir / "real.mp4").write_bytes(b"secret")
+    _fake_folder_paths(tmp_path, monkeypatch)
+    escaping = {"filename": "real.mp4", "subfolder": f"../{secret_dir.name}"}
+    assert _extract_prev_scene_frame(escaping, "scene1") is None
+
+
+def test_prev_scene_frame_returns_none_without_ffmpeg(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+    (tmp_path / "clip.mp4").write_bytes(b"x")
+    _fake_folder_paths(tmp_path, monkeypatch)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(__import__("shutil"), "which", lambda name: None)
+    assert _extract_prev_scene_frame({"filename": "clip.mp4"}, "scene1") is None
+
+
+def test_prev_scene_frame_scopes_output_name_to_the_requesting_scene(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+    """Regression: the output filename must key off the scene actually asking (`only_scene`),
+    not the first scene of whatever generative unit the server expanded it into — otherwise
+    two different scenes in one unit clobber each other's extracted frame."""
+    (tmp_path / "clip.mp4").write_bytes(b"x")
+    _fake_folder_paths(tmp_path, monkeypatch)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(__import__("shutil"), "which", lambda name: "/usr/bin/ffmpeg")
+
+    def fake_run(cmd, **kw):
+        out_path = cmd[-1]
+        with open(out_path, "wb") as f:
+            f.write(b"png")
+        return type("R", (), {"returncode": 0})()
+    monkeypatch.setattr(__import__("subprocess"), "run", fake_run)
+
+    fn = _extract_prev_scene_frame({"filename": "clip.mp4"}, "scene_b")
+    assert fn == "funpack_prevframe_scene_b.png"
+    assert (tmp_path / fn).is_file()
+
+
 FRESH = "__funpack_fresh_prompt__"