{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-18072 exists.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2026-18072 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2026-18072 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in nico23 Advanced Responsive Video Embedder for Rumble, Odysee, YouTube, Vimeo, Kick …, published on 29 Jul 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2026-18072 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2026-18072 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in nico23 Advanced Responsive Video Embedder for Rumble, Odysee, YouTube, Vimeo, Kick …, published on 29 Jul 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-18072 exists.\n\nAffected product: nico23 Advanced Responsive Video Embedder for Rumble, Odysee, YouTube, Vimeo, Kick …. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. 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.\n2. 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.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-18072/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-18072/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-18072","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-18072/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-18072","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-45wh-rxq4-jqc6"],"analysis":{"component_type":"cms_plugin","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["privilege_escalation","account_takeover"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"WordPress plugin","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Unauthenticated attackers can bypass authentication using a hardcoded backdoor token to gain full administrative control over the WordPress site.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"auth_bypass"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Wordfence","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":9.8,"severity":"critical","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-506","name":"Embedded Malicious Code"}],"description":"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.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":1,"refs":[{"date":null,"kind":"nuclei","ref":"http/cves/2026/CVE-2026-18072.yaml","stars":null,"title":"Advanced Responsive Video Embedder 10.8.7/10.8.8 - Hardcoded Backdoor Authentication Bypass"}],"tier":"weaponised"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Auth bypass in Advanced Responsive Video Embedder for Rumble, Odysee, YouTube, Vimeo, Kick …","id":"CVE-2026-18072","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"auth_bypass","year":"2026"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":5,"next":{"headline":"IBM i is Affected By Multiple Vulnerabilities in Debug Server","id":"CVE-2026-18073"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"IBM i is Affected By An Improper Management Vulnerability in HTTP Server []","id":"CVE-2026-18071"},"products":["Advanced Responsive Video Embedder for Rumble, Odysee, YouTube, Vimeo, Kick …"],"published":"2026-07-29","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"MIT","name":"Nuclei templates"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"yes","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-07-29","vendors":["nico23"]},"summary":"Unauthenticated attackers can bypass authentication using a hardcoded backdoor token to gain full administrative control over the WordPress site.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-18072/"}