CVE-2024-32955

FV Flowplayer Video Player <= 7.5.43.7212 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Server-side Request Forgery

2024-04-22 00:00
Steven Julian

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 7.5.45.7212
Affected Plugin
FV Flowplayer Video Player
Affected Version
<= 7.5.43.7212
CVSS
6.4Medium
Weakness type
CWE-918 · Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
CVE
CVE-2024-32955
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At a glance

CVE-2024-32955 is a medium-severity Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in the FV Flowplayer Video Player WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 7.5.43.7212. It carries a CVSS score of 6.4 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires an authenticated account at Subscriber level or above. The issue is fixed in version 7.5.45.7212; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed April 2024, reported by Steven Julian.

Vulnerability Overview

The FV Flowplayer Video Player plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 7.5.43.7212. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to make web requests to arbitrary locations originating from the web application and can be used to query and modify information from internal services.

Technical Analysis

The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no interaction from a victim user.

CWE-918: Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

Reaching this weakness in FV Flowplayer Video Player <= 7.5.43.7212 takes an account at Subscriber level or above. Server-side request forgery means the application fetches a URL supplied by the caller, turning the server into a proxy for requests the attacker could not make directly.

The request originates from inside the hosting network, which is how these flaws reach cloud metadata endpoints, internal admin panels and services that trust local traffic. For FV Flowplayer Video Player the fix is 7.5.45.7212: builds <= 7.5.43.7212 are affected, anything from 7.5.45.7212 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 7.5.45.7212, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

An attacker needs Subscriber access first, so the firewall sees the attempt as traffic from a logged-in account: WordSec's web application firewall inspects request payloads before WordPress loads them. None of that substitutes for the fix: FV Flowplayer Video Player 7.5.45.7212 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

  • Firewall
  • Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-32955https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e3eec839-9009-48de-80c8-911dc9b545bahttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-32955

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