Overview
- Description
- The YouTube Embed WordPress plugin before 5.2.2 does not validate, escape or sanitise some of its shortcode attributes, leading to Stored XSS issues by 1. using w, h, controls, cc_lang, color, language, start, stop, or style parameter of youtube shortcode, 2. by using style, class, rel, target, width, height, or alt parameter of youtube_thumb shortcode, or 3. by embedding a video whose title or description contains XSS payload (if API key is configured).
- Source
- contact@wpscan.com
- NVD status
- Analyzed
Risk scores
CVSS 3.1
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 5.4
- Impact score
- 2.7
- Exploitability score
- 2.3
- Vector string
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Severity
- MEDIUM
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 2.1
- Impact score
- 2.9
- Exploitability score
- 3.9
- Vector string
- AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weaknesses
- contact@wpscan.com
- CWE-79
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Configurations
[
{
"nodes": [
{
"negate": false,
"cpeMatch": [
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:youtube_embed_project:youtube_embed:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "48D29224-0B88-40F7-9914-AA911F2628E7",
"versionEndExcluding": "5.2.2"
}
],
"operator": "OR"
}
]
}
]