Stored XSS in FV Flowplayer Video Player via text lightbox caption
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
The FV Flowplayer Video Player WordPress plugin before 7.5.56.7212 does not sanitize and escape a user-supplied value before outputting it in a page, which is cross-site scripting (CWE-79). An attacker with the Contributor role or above can inject arbitrary web scripts that run when a higher-privileged user views the affected page.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06
Description from the CNA
The FV Flowplayer Video Player WordPress plugin before 7.5.56.7212 does not sanitize and escape a user-supplied value before outputting it in a page, which could allow users with the Contributor role and above to inject arbitrary web scripts that execute when a higher-privileged user views the affected page.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | FV Flowplayer Video Player | before 7.5.56.7212 | 7.5.56.7212 | Patch available | CNA |
- FV Flowplayer Video Player VendorUnknown Affected before 7.5.56.7212 Fixed in 7.5.56.7212 Patch available CNA
Remediation
Update the FV Flowplayer Video Player plugin to version 7.5.56.7212.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06
- Fix · CNA FV Flowplayer Video Player (Unknown) Fixed in 7.5.56.7212
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
FV Flowplayer Video Player 7.5.56.7212
3 records Highest priority Priority LOW 3 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-85352 Server-side request forgery in FV Player via Media Library importPriority LOW 22
- TI-2026-85350 Missing authorization in FV Player exposes cloud storage file listingsPriority LOW 19
Timeline
- 2026-11-05 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-85347
- 2026-11-05 Alias added: GHSA-8w8j-842q-xx4q
- 2026-11-06 CVSS score added · CISA ADP
- 2026-11-06 Weakness changed · CISA ADP
- 2026-11-06 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
Sources
- CVE-2026-85347 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-85347 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-8w8j-842q-xx4q · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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