CVE-2021-24419

WP YouTube Lyte <= 1.7.15 - Authenticated (Admin+) Cross-Site Scripting

lowImproper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
3.8
CVSS Score
3.8
CVSS Score
low
Severity
1.7.16
Patched in
995d
Time to patch

Description

The WP YouTube Lyte WordPress plugin before 1.7.16 did not sanitise or escape its lyte_yt_api_key and lyte_notification settings before outputting them back in the page, allowing high privilege users to set XSS payload on them and leading to stored Cross-Site Scripting issues.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
High
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Low
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability

Technical Details

Affected versions<1.7.16
PublishedMay 3, 2021
Last updatedJanuary 22, 2024
Affected pluginwp-youtube-lyte

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