HTML5 Video Player – mp4 Video Player Plugin and Block <= 2.5.34 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Limited Options Update

4.3
Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2024-7721
CVSS 4.3 (Medium)
Publicly Published September 10, 2024
Last Updated September 11, 2024
Researcher Lucio Sá

Description

The HTML5 Video Player – mp4 Video Player Plugin and Block plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'save_password' function in all versions up to, and including, 2.5.34. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to set any options that are not explicitly checked as false to an array, including enabling user registration if it has been disabled.

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Vulnerability Details for HTML5 Video Player – mp4 Video Player Plugin and Block

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug html5-video-player (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 2.5.35, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 2.5.34
Patched Version
  • 2.5.35

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