PLUGIN SECURITY
A modern, accessible, fully customizable & user-friendly YouTube Video Player for WordPress.
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2 known CVEs on file for Video Player for YouTube. Reported between 2021 and 2023.
| CVE | Vulnerability | Type | Severity | Affected | Fixed in | Published | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2023-33999 | YT Player – Embed and Customize Video Players [yt-player] < 1.5.3 | Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') | High 7.1 | < 1.5.3 | 1.5.3 | 2023-07-18 | — |
| — | YT Player – Embed and Customize Video Players [yt-player] < 1.5.1 | Missing Authorization | Medium 6.3 | < 1.5.1 | 1.5.1 | 2022-03-04 | — |
| — | YT Player – Embed and Customize Video Players [yt-player] < 1.5.1 | — | Unknown | < 1.5.1 | 1.5.1 | 2022-02-28 | — |
| — | YT Player – Embed and Customize Video Players [yt-player] < 1.5.1 | — | Unknown | < 1.5.1 | 1.5.1 | 2022-02-28 | — |
| 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 | — |
Update the plugin to the latest version. Rafie Muhammad (Patchstack) discovered and reported this Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WordPress Video Player for YouTube Plugin. This could allow a malicious actor to inject malicious scripts, such as redirects, advertisements, and other HTML payloads into your website which will be executed when guests visit your site. This vulnerability has been fixed in version 1.5.3.
Source: Patchstack
The Freemius SDK, as used by hundreds of WordPress plugin and theme developers, was vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery and Information disclosure due to missing capability checks and nonce protection on the _get_debug_log, _get_db_option, and the _set_db_option functions in versions up to, and including 2.4.2. Any WordPress plugin or theme running a version of Freemius less than 2.4.3 is vulnerable.
Source: Wordfence
Toggle The Debug Mode via Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability discovered in WordPress Video Player for YouTube plugin (versions <= 1.4.2).
Source: Patchstack
Sensitive Information Disclosure vulnerability discovered in WordPress Video Player for YouTube plugin (versions <= 1.4.2).
Source: Patchstack
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
Update this plugin to the latest release from wordpress.org — each CVE above lists the exact release that fixed it ("Fixed in") when one is on file.
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