Vulnerability Details : 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
Vulnerability category: Cross site scripting (XSS)
Products affected by CVE-2021-24414
- cpe:2.3:a:video_player_for_youtube_project:video_player_for_youtube:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2021-24414
0.06%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 23 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2021-24414
| Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
3.5
|
LOW | AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N |
6.8
|
2.9
|
NIST | |
|
5.4
|
MEDIUM | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
2.3
|
2.7
|
NIST |
CWE ids for CVE-2021-24414
-
The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.Assigned by:
- contact@wpscan.com (Secondary)
- nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
References for CVE-2021-24414
-
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e20b805d-eb11-4702-9803-77de276000ac
Attention Required! | CloudflareExploit;Third Party Advisory
Jump to