What is CVE-2026-117525?

CVE-2026-117525 is a high-severity vulnerability in Fv Flowplayer Video Player, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2026-11-07.

How severe is CVE-2026-117525?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

XSS in Fv Flowplayer Video Player

CVE-2026-117525

The FV Flowplayer Video Player WordPress plugin before 7.5.57.7212 does not escape shortcode attribute values embedded in comments before rendering them into the media player markup, allowing an unauthenticated visitor to store a script payload in a comment that executes in the session of any visitor, including an administrator, who plays the commented video, when the non-default comment-shortcode-parsing setting is enabled.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2026-11-07 · last modified 2026-11-07.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

No EPSS score from FIRST.org yet. New CVEs usually get one within a few days; no score means no signal yet, not low risk. How EPSS works.

Affected products

Fv Flowplayer Video Player

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/d731c586-6f93-4ed0-b05d-1743a817917a/ (technical-description, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-117525?: CVE-2026-117525 is a high-severity vulnerability in Fv Flowplayer Video Player, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2026-11-07.
How severe is CVE-2026-117525?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.