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).
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2021-08-16T10:48:22

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

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

Link: CVE-2021-24471

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

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

Modified: 2021-08-23T18:54:26.930

Link: CVE-2021-24471

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