DOM-Based Stored Cross-Site Scripting in HTML5 Video Player for WordPress
CVE-2024-13156

6.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Wordpress
Status
Html5 Video Player – Mp4 Video Player Plugin And Block
Vendor
CVE Published:
14 January 2025

What is CVE-2024-13156?

The HTML5 Video Player plugin for WordPress is susceptible to DOM-Based Stored Cross-Site Scripting due to inadequate input sanitization and output escaping. Attackers with Contributor-level access or higher can exploit this vulnerability through the 'heading' parameter. By manipulating this parameter, they can inject harmful web scripts that execute whenever a user visits the compromised page, posing security risks to site users and potentially compromising their data.

Affected Version(s)

HTML5 Video Player – mp4 Video Player Plugin and Block * <= 2.5.35

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/html5-video-pl...
https://wordpress.org/plugins/html5-video-player/#developers

CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.4
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Craig Smith
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