PT-2021-15947 · WordPress · Video Player For Youtube

Michał Lipiński · Published 2021-10-25 · Updated 2021-10-28 · CVE-2021-24414

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.4

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions The Video Player for YouTube WordPress plugin versions prior to 1.4

Description The issue allows users with a role as low as contributor to set Cross-Site Scripting payload in the parameters from the shortcode, which will be triggered in the pages with the embed malicious shortcode.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.4, update to version 1.4 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of the shortcode to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2021-24414

Affected Products

Video Player For Youtube

References · 4

• 🔥 https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e20b805d-eb11-4702-9803-77de276000ac · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24414 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-24414 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/31143 · Telegram Post