CVE-2021-24414

5.4 mediumEPSS 0.6%

Medium (5.4) in video player for youtube project video player for youtube. EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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

Severity

CVSS 3.1

5.4 medium

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

EPSS: 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 49% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-79
Published: 2021-10-25
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

video_player_for_youtube_project:video_player_for_youtube

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e20b805d-eb11-4702-9803-77de276000ac
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e20b805d-eb11-4702-9803-77de276000ac

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