CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-83526

HighCVSS 8.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.63%

50th percentile - higher than 50% of all known CVEs

Summary

The FV Player 8 plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file upload in all versions up to and including 8.1.7 via the check_mimetype function. This is due to insufficient file type validation in check_mimetype(), which writes attacker-supplied remote file content to the public uploads directory before any MIME or extension check, combined with a missing capability check on new player creation. This allows authenticated attackers with subscriber-level access and above to upload files that may be executable, making remote code execution possible; it requires successfully exploiting a race condition and is only exploitable if the '[fvplayer_editor]' shortcode is present or the "Enable profile videos" setting is enabled.

Risk Assessment

An authenticated low-privileged user can upload an executable file and achieve remote code execution on the WordPress server. This results in site takeover and potential data access.

Recommendation

Update the FV Player 8 plugin to a version later than 8.1.7. Until then, restrict subscriber registration and disable the "Enable profile videos" setting and the '[fvplayer_editor]' shortcode.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

The FV Player 8 plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Upload in all versions up to, and including, 8.1.7 via the check_mimetype function. This is due to insufficient file type validation in check_mimetype(), which writes attacker-supplied remote file content to the public uploads directory before any MIME or extension check, combined with a missing capability check on new player creation. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to upload files that may be executable, which makes remote code execution possible. This requires successfully exploiting a race condition, and is only exploitable if the '[fvplayer_editor]' shortcode is present, or the "Enable profile videos" setting is enabled.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS