SQL Injection Risk in Video Player for YouTube Plugin by WordPress
CVE-2026-84937
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Key Information:
- Vendor
WordPress
- Status
- Vendor
- CVE Published:
- 5 September 2026
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👾 Exploit Exists🟡 Public PoC
What is CVE-2026-84937?
The Video Player for YouTube plugin for WordPress, prior to version 2.1.0, fails to adequately sanitize and escape user-supplied input utilized in SQL statements. This oversight permits users with Contributor roles and above to conduct SQL injection attacks, thereby gaining unauthorized access to sensitive data stored in the database.
Affected Version(s)
Video Player for YouTube 0 < 2.1.0
Exploit Proof of Concept (PoC)
PoC code is written by security researchers to demonstrate the vulnerability can be exploited. PoC code is also a key component for weaponization which could lead to ransomware.