CVE-2021-24414

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 v3.1

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

CVSS v2.0

3.5 LOWAV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

EPSS

0.62% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 48th percentile

Published

2021-10-25

Updated

2024-08-03

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e20b805d-eb11-4702-9803-77de276000ac

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2021-24413
• CVE-2021-24418
• CVE-2021-24412
• CVE-2021-24419
• CVE-2021-24411
• CVE-2021-24420