The FV Player 8 plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Upload in all versions up to…

Why it is Amber

• CVSS 8.8 high

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

Original 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.