CVE-2026-83526
Description
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.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
Propose a mitigation on Community Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
References
- https://github.com/foliovision/fv-wordpress-flowplayer/releases/tag/8.1.8
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/fv-player/trunk/controller/editor.php#L36
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/fv-player/trunk/controller/frontend.php#L1211
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/fv-player/trunk/models/checker.php#L105
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/fv-player/trunk/models/checker.php#L148
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/fv-player/trunk/models/checker.php#L181
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/fv-player/trunk/models/db-video.php#L855
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/fv-player/trunk/models/db.php#L1102
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/fv-player/trunk/models/db.php#L1173
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/fv-player/trunk/models/db.php#L46
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5c75cb7b-1ebe-411c-8664-848d741e40d4?source=cve
CWEs
CWE-434
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.