Html5 Video Player <= 2.5.18 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

6.4
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2023-6485
CVSS 6.4 (Medium)
Publicly Published December 8, 2023
Last Updated May 30, 2024
Researcher Krzysztof Zając - CERT PL

Description

The Html5 Video Player – mp4 player, Video Player for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in all versions up to, and including, 2.5.18 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

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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 2.5.19, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 2.5.18
Patched Version
  • 2.5.19

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