Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessObtain Contributor-level WordPress account
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DeliverySubmit crafted internal URL to video fetch feature
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ExploitBypass incomplete host-based restriction
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ExecutionServer performs blind fetch to internal resource
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ImpactInfer resource existence and HTTP status from response
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V4 - API and Web Service URL allowlisting, SSRF prevention
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Initial Access, Credential Access The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires an authenticated WordPress account at Contributor level or higher on a site running FV Flowplayer Video Player in the 7.5.44.7212 to <7.5.55.7212 range, and use of the plugin's URL-based server-side video/media fetch feature where an attacker-controlled URL is submitted. The limiting factors are significant: it is authenticated-only (so sites that do not grant untrusted users Contributor access, i.e., most single-author installs, are largely out of reach), the existing host-based restriction blocks some but not all cases, and the impact is confined to a semi-blind oracle - the attacker learns only whether an internal resource responds and its HTTP status, not the response body - so this is useful for internal network/service reconnaissance rather than direct data theft. |
| Impact | This is a genuinely low-priority issue despite being a confirmed, patched vulnerability with public exploit code. The signals align consistently toward low real-world risk: the CVSS base score is only 4.1 (Medium), EPSS is 0.16% (5th percentile), and CISA's SSVC framework rates Exploitation as 'none', Automatable as 'no', and Technical Impact as 'partial' - none of which indicate urgency. It is NOT in CISA KEV. The most important caveat is a conflict in the authentication signal: the CVSS vector specifies PR:H (high privilege), but the description states exploitation requires only 'Contributor-level access and above,' which in WordPress is a LOW-privilege authenticated role - the vector appears to overstate the privilege barrier and PR:L would be more accurate. Either way, exploitation requires an authenticated account on the site, which substantially limits exposure to multi-author/membership blogs rather than typical single-admin installs. The impact is also inherently capped: this is explicitly a semi-blind SSRF oracle (C:L, I:N, A:N) that only reveals whether an internal resource responds and its HTTP status - response bodies are not returned, so it cannot directly exfiltrate data or reach sensitive content on its own. Public exploit code exists (WPScan), but that is distinct from active exploitation, which no source confirms. Net: a real but low-severity bug best handled via routine patching, not emergency response. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker who holds (or phishes/registers) a Contributor-level WordPress account on a site running the vulnerable plugin supplies a crafted URL pointing at an internal address (e.g., a cloud metadata endpoint or an intranet host) to the plugin's server-side fetch feature, bypassing the incomplete host-based restriction. Because AC:L and UI:N, the request requires no special timing or victim interaction; the server's differing responses/HTTP status codes let the attacker map which internal resources exist and are reachable. A public proof-of-concept is available via WPScan, lowering the barrier to reproduction. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 14, 2026
Contributor-level WordPress users can abuse the FV Flowplayer Video Player plugin's server-side URL fetch routine to probe internal network resources, because the plugin fails to properly validate a user-supplied URL and its existing host-based restriction does not cover every case. Only sites running versions 7.5.44.7212 through 7.5.55.7212 that grant untrusted users Contributor access or above are realistically exposed, and the payoff is a semi-blind oracle: the attacker learns whether an internal host or service responds and its HTTP status code, but never sees the response body, making this a reconnaissance primitive rather than a data-theft vector. Exploitation is authenticated and requires the plugin's URL-based media fetch feature, EPSS is a negligible 0.16 percent (5th percentile), SSVC records no observed exploitation and no automatable path, and while publicly available exploit code exists there is no evidence of active exploitation in the wild; the vendor has shipped a patch in 7.5.55.7212, and this remains a genuinely low-priority issue.
RemediationAI
Vendor-released patch: upgrade FV Flowplayer Video Player to 7.5.55.7212 or later, which is the first version to properly validate the user-supplied URL and close the gaps in the host-based restriction; verify the installed version under the WordPress Plugins screen and apply the update through the normal admin or WP-CLI update path. If an immediate upgrade is not possible, the most effective compensating control is to remove Contributor and higher privileges from anyone who does not need them, since exploitation requires an authenticated account at that level - the trade-off is that this breaks legitimate multi-author editorial workflows. You can also deactivate the plugin entirely until it can be patched, at the cost of losing all video playback functionality, or restrict outbound HTTP requests from the WordPress host using a firewall or egress rule that permits only the media and CDN domains the site actually depends on, understanding that a misconfigured allow-list can break legitimate video embedding. Detection is difficult because responses are semi-blind, so monitor web server and application logs for outbound fetch requests to private, loopback, or link-local address ranges originating from the plugin's endpoints, and treat repeated internal probing from a Contributor account as suspicious. Confirm remediation details against the WPScan advisory at https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d1a5d12d-a7ce-43e1-b7c5-752453bc97e9/.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The root cause is CWE-918 (Server-Side Request Forgery) in the WordPress plugin FV Flowplayer Video Player, a media/video player plugin that accepts user-supplied URLs for server-side fetching of remote video or media assets. Because the URL passed into that fetch is not validated against a strict allow-list, and because the plugin's existing host-based restriction only blocks some address patterns rather than all internal ranges or alternate encodings (for example IP-literal, redirect-chained, or DNS-resolved targets), a request can be redirected to internal or loopback endpoints. The application tier is WordPress: the fetch is performed by the web server or PHP process, so it traverses network boundaries the attacker cannot normally reach, which is why the CVSS scope flag is Changed (S:C). The impact is deliberately narrow - the plugin returns only reachability and HTTP status information, not the response payload - so the practical effect is a semi-blind SSRF oracle for internal port and service enumeration. CPE data (cpe:2.3:a:unknown:fv_flowplayer_video_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*) marks the vendor field as unknown, consistent with the fix being published in the WordPress plugin ecosystem rather than by an upstream CPE-registered vendor; EUVD-2026-100852 tracks the same issue. The CVSS vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N from NVD and the independent reassessment using PR:L (Contributor-level authenticated access) agree on low confidentiality impact only, no integrity or availability impact, and a network-reachable attack surface requiring authentication.
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AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
Contributor is a low-privilege authenticated role so PR:L (not PR:H); SSRF reaches internal systems beyond the vulnerable component giving S:C with only limited oracle confidentiality (C:L), no integrity/availability impact.
Primary rating from Vendor (WPScan).
CVSS VectorVendor: WPScan
Lifecycle Timeline
4DescriptionCVE.org
The FV Flowplayer Video Player WordPress plugin before 7.5.55.7212 does not properly validate a user-supplied URL before performing a server-side fetch, and an existing host-based restriction fails to cover all cases, allowing users with Contributor-level access and above to perform Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) attacks. The impact is limited to a semi-blind oracle: the server's fetch reveals whether an internal resource responds and its HTTP status, but the resource's contents are not returned to the attacker.
Threat Intelligence Overview
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
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Attack Technique
Server-Side Request Forgery exploits applications that fetch remote resources based on user-supplied URLs.
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