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).
Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.


Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

History

No history.

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-03T19:35:19.727Z

Reserved: 2021-01-14T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2021-24471

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-08-16T11:15:08.447

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:53:08.077

Link: CVE-2021-24471

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.