CVE-2021-24414

Video Player for YouTube <= 1.3 - Cross-Site Scripting

mediumImproper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

5.4

CVSS Score

5.4

CVSS Score

medium

Severity

1.4

Patched in

853d

Time to patch

Description

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

CVSS Vector Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Low

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

Technical Details

Affected versions<1.4

PublishedSeptember 22, 2021

Last updatedJanuary 22, 2024

Affected pluginyt-player

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0dbed7a2-730d-42f2-9d57-3f07900d33e3?source=api-prod

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