CVE-2026-97398
HighCVSS 7.2Summary
The FV Flowplayer Video Player plugin for WordPress up to version 7.5.54.7212 is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'synopsis' shortcode attribute due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping, requiring the 'Parse Vimeo and YouTube links' option enabled and liststyle set to 'season'.
Risk Assessment
Unauthenticated attackers may inject arbitrary scripts that execute when a user visits an injected page, potentially leading to data theft or session hijacking.
Recommendation
Update the FV Flowplayer Video Player plugin to the latest version that includes security fixes.
Other vulnerabilities in FV Flowplayer Video Player
See all- CVE-2026-97630Medium
The FV Flowplayer Video Player plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via an unquoted popup shortcode attribute in all versions up to and including 7.5.54.7212 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This allows authenticated attackers with subscriber-level access and above to inject arbitrary web scripts that execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. Successful exploitation requires the profile_videos_enable_bio option to be enabled, as script execution occurs on the author bio/archive page where the profile-video shortcode is rendered.
- CVE-2026-42695Medium
The FV Flowplayer Video Player WordPress plugin (up to version 7.5.54.7212) fails to properly neutralize input during web page generation, enabling Stored XSS. Malicious JavaScript can be persistently stored and executed in a user's browser.
- CVE-2026-12135Medium
The FV Flowplayer Video Player plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'video_player' shortcode 'align' attribute in all versions up to and including 7.5.51.7212 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This allows authenticated attackers with contributor-level access or higher to inject arbitrary web scripts that execute when users access affected pages.
- CVE-2026-49773Medium
There is a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in FV Flowplayer Video Player versions below 7.5.51.7212 for subscribers.
- CVE-2026-7556High
The FV Flowplayer Video Player plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via comment text in all versions up to 7.5.49.7212 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. Unauthenticated attackers can inject arbitrary scripts that execute after an administrator approves the comment.
Original NVD description (English source)
The FV Flowplayer Video Player plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'synopsis' Shortcode Attribute in all versions up to, and including, 7.5.54.7212 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This requires the 'Parse Vimeo and YouTube links' (parse_comments) option to be enabled and the liststyle attribute set to "season" for the vulnerable code path to be reached.
Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS

