Live Streaming — Broadcast Live Video <= 5.5.15 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution
CVE-2023-25699Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤5.5.15Update to 5.5.16 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Critical9.1
- CVSS
- 9.1CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:HWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:HPrivileges required- High
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:CScope- Changed
C:HConfidentiality- High
I:HIntegrity- High
A:HAvailability- High
- Weakness
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
Broadcast Live Video – Live Streaming : WebRTC, HLS, RTSP, RTMP videowhisper-live-streaming-integration
- Affected≤ 5.5.15
- Patched in5.5.16
Update to 5.5.16 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 5.5.15. Version 5.5.16 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Broadcast Live Video – Live Streaming : WebRTC, HLS, RTSP, RTMP.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 5.5.16, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Broadcast Live Video – Live Streaming : WebRTC, HLS, RTSP, RTMP to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to minhtuanact.
The Live Streaming - Broadcast Live Video Plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution in versions up to, and including, 5.5.15. This allows unauthenticated attackers to execute code on the server.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
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All 20| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium6.1 | Reflected Cross-Site Scripting ≤7.3.14Update to 7.3.15 | CVE-2026-122664 | |
| Medium4.3 | Missing Authorization ≤7.3.9Update to 7.3.12 | CVE-2026-115963 | |
| Medium5.3 | Missing Authorization ≤7.3.7Update to 7.3.8 | CVE-2026-111839 | |
| Medium4.3 | Missing Authorization ≤7.3.6Update to 7.3.7 | CVE-2026-108475 | |
| Medium5.3 | Unauthenticated Session Hijacking ≤7.3.2Update to 7.3.3 | CVE-2026-107421 |
- Medium6.1Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
≤7.3.14Update to 7.3.15
- Medium4.3Missing Authorization
≤7.3.9Update to 7.3.12
- Medium5.3Missing Authorization
≤7.3.7Update to 7.3.8
- Medium4.3Missing Authorization
≤7.3.6Update to 7.3.7
- Medium5.3Unauthenticated Session Hijacking
≤7.3.2Update to 7.3.3
Timeline
CVE published
Severity critical, CVSS 9.1
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. [object Object] Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
- CVE® identifiers
- [object Object]. Used under the CVE Program. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.
- CVSS / CWE
- National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- VulnCrest content
- Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.