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CVE-2021-24471

PoC
CVSS 3.1
5.4 medium
EPSS
<1%p46
Published
()
Modified
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).

Vendors
youtube embed project
Products
youtube embed
Ecosystems
WordPress
Weakness
CWE-79
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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