Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in Video Onclick Plugin for WordPress

CVE-2026-1608

What is CVE-2026-1608?

The Video Onclick plugin for WordPress is susceptible to a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. This arises from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping processes on user-supplied attributes found within the youtube shortcode. Authenticated users with contributor-level access and above can exploit this vulnerability to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages. These scripts will execute whenever a user accesses the compromised page, posing a significant risk to user security and data integrity.

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