YT Player < 1.4 - Contributor+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
CVE-2021-24414

5.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Wordpress
Status
Video Player For Youtube
Vendor
CVE Published:
25 October 2021

What is CVE-2021-24414?

The Video Player for YouTube WordPress plugin before 1.4 does not sanitise or validate the parameters from its shortcode, allowing users with a role as low as contributor to set Cross-Site Scripting payload in them which will be triggered in the page/s with the embed malicious shortcode

Affected Version(s)

Video Player for YouTube 1.4

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e20b805d-eb11-4702-9803-...
x_refsource_MISC

CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.4
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Michał Lipiński
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