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CVE-2021-24414 — YT Player – Embed and Customize Video Players [yt-player] < 1.4

CVE Vulnerability Type Severity Affected Fixed in Published Status
CVE-2021-24414 YT Player – Embed and Customize Video Players [yt-player] < 1.4 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Medium 5.4 < 1.4 1.4 2021-09-22

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

Source: CVE.org

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