PT-2026-65688 · Nico23 · Advanced Responsive Video Embedder For Rumble

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CVE-2026-18072

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Published

2026-07-29

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Updated

2026-07-29

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

VectorAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The Advanced Responsive Video Embedder for Rumble, Odysee, YouTube, Vimeo, Kick … plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Authentication Bypass via a Hardcoded Backdoor in version 10.8.7. The vulnerability exists because the arve uc init() function — registered on WordPress's init hook at priority 1 so that it runs before any authentication checks on every request — reads an attacker-supplied token from the wplogin (or wpm) parameter and compares it against a hardcoded SHA-256 hash embedded directly in the plugin source, with no nonce verification, no capability check, and no password validation anywhere in the flow. Because this static hash constitutes a set of universal credentials that are publicly accessible in the plugin's source code, unauthenticated attackers can supply the known token to be authenticated as an arbitrarily selected existing administrator account, gaining full administrative control over the affected WordPress site. This was likely introduced by an attacker who gained commit access to the developers account.

Fix

RCE

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Weakness Enumeration

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-18072

Affected Products

Advanced Responsive Video Embedder For Rumble