# CVE-2024-6338: FV Player <= 7.5.46.7212 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL Injection via exclude Parameter

> Authenticated subscribers can exploit SQL injection in the FV Flowplayer plugin to extract sensitive database information.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 19 Jul 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wgpq-79rc-3fgg

## What is CVE-2024-6338?

CVE-2024-6338 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability in foliovision FV Flowplayer Video Player, published on 19 Jul 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The FV Flowplayer Video Player plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to time-based SQL Injection via the ‘exclude’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 7.5.46.7212 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query.  This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.

Weakness: CWE-89 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-6338?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Foliovision Fv Flowplayer Video Player.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-6338?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-6338 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-6338 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-6338 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in foliovision FV Flowplayer Video Player

- [CVE-2019-14801](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-14801/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2019-13573](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-13573/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-30499](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-30499/): WordPress FV Flowplayer Video Player Plugin <= 7.5.32.7212 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2022-25607](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-25607/): WordPress FV Flowplayer Video Player plugin <= 7.5.15.727 - SQL Injection (SQLi) vulnerability (medium 6.6)
- [CVE-2021-39350](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-39350/): FV Flowplayer Video Player <= 7.5.0.727 - 7.5.2.727 Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (medium 6.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-6338 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-6338 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability in foliovision FV Flowplayer Video Player, published on 19 Jul 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-6338 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: foliovision FV Flowplayer Video Player. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6338/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6338/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-6338
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-6338
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-6338

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6338/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.