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CVE-2021-24414

MEDIUM 5.4 CVSS 3.1
Published
October 25, 2021
Last modified
June 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified
Reported by
contact@wpscan.com
Weakness
CWE-79
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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

Affected products and versions

  • Unknown Video Player for YouTube — From 1.4 (including) to 1.4 (excluding)
  • video_player_for_youtube_project video_player_for_youtube — Before 1.4

References

  • wpscan.com https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e20b805d-eb11-4702-9803-77de276000ac Exploit, Third Party Advisory
  • nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record