PT-2022-13701 · WordPress · Wp Youtube Live Plugin

P7E4 · Published 2022-04-19 · Updated 2026-04-08 · CVE-2022-1187

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.1

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions WordPress WP YouTube Live Plugin versions prior to 1.7.22

Description The issue allows unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts via Reflected Cross-Site Scripting. This is possible due to vulnerable POST data found in the ~/inc/admin.php file.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.7.22, update to version 1.7.22 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the ~/inc/admin.php file until a patch is applied.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2022-1187

Affected Products

Wp Youtube Live Plugin

References · 7

• 🔥 https://wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2022-1187 · Exploit
• https://github.com/macbookandrew/wp-youtube-live/commit/2d8ccb7b12742bf16b5a6068f9fdeeac69bc11b1 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-1187 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-1187 · Vendor Advisory
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-youtube-live/trunk/inc/admin.php#L355 · Note
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2d540b53-5c39-43d5-a055-cc5eccfa65b8?source=cve · Note
• https://t.me/cveNotify/158478 · Telegram Post