Stored Cross-Site Scripting in kk Youtube Video Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2025-6061

6.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
Kk Youtube Video
Vendor
CVE Published:
14 June 2025

What is CVE-2025-6061?

The kk Youtube Video plugin for WordPress exhibits a vulnerability that allows for Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) due to inadequate input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied attributes in the 'kkytv' shortcode. This vulnerability can be exploited by authenticated users with contributor-level access or higher, enabling them to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages. These scripts would execute whenever a user accesses an affected page, posing significant security risks.

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Affected Version(s)

kk Youtube Video * <= 0.2

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kk-youtube-vid...

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

Johannes Skamletz
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