Vulnerability Details CVE-2021-24471
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).
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.002
EPSS Ranking 38.1%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 5.4
CVSS v2 Score 2.1
References
Products affected by CVE-2021-24471
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cpe:2.3:a:youtube_embed_project:youtube_embed:3.0
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cpe:2.3:a:youtube_embed_project:youtube_embed:3.0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:youtube_embed_project:youtube_embed:3.1
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cpe:2.3:a:youtube_embed_project:youtube_embed:3.2
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cpe:2.3:a:youtube_embed_project:youtube_embed:3.2.1
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cpe:2.3:a:youtube_embed_project:youtube_embed:3.3
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cpe:2.3:a:youtube_embed_project:youtube_embed:3.3.1
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cpe:2.3:a:youtube_embed_project:youtube_embed:3.3.2
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cpe:2.3:a:youtube_embed_project:youtube_embed:3.3.3
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cpe:2.3:a:youtube_embed_project:youtube_embed:3.3.4
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cpe:2.3:a:youtube_embed_project:youtube_embed:3.3.5
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cpe:2.3:a:youtube_embed_project:youtube_embed:4.0
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cpe:2.3:a:youtube_embed_project:youtube_embed:4.0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:youtube_embed_project:youtube_embed:4.0.2
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cpe:2.3:a:youtube_embed_project:youtube_embed:4.1
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cpe:2.3:a:youtube_embed_project:youtube_embed:4.1.1
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cpe:2.3:a:youtube_embed_project:youtube_embed:4.2
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cpe:2.3:a:youtube_embed_project:youtube_embed:4.2.1
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cpe:2.3:a:youtube_embed_project:youtube_embed:4.3
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cpe:2.3:a:youtube_embed_project:youtube_embed:4.3.1
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cpe:2.3:a:youtube_embed_project:youtube_embed:4.3.2
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cpe:2.3:a:youtube_embed_project:youtube_embed:4.3.3
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cpe:2.3:a:youtube_embed_project:youtube_embed:4.3.4
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cpe:2.3:a:youtube_embed_project:youtube_embed:5..2.1
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cpe:2.3:a:youtube_embed_project:youtube_embed:5.0
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cpe:2.3:a:youtube_embed_project:youtube_embed:5.0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:youtube_embed_project:youtube_embed:5.0.2
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cpe:2.3:a:youtube_embed_project:youtube_embed:5.0.3
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cpe:2.3:a:youtube_embed_project:youtube_embed:5.0.4
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cpe:2.3:a:youtube_embed_project:youtube_embed:5.0.5
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cpe:2.3:a:youtube_embed_project:youtube_embed:5.0.6
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cpe:2.3:a:youtube_embed_project:youtube_embed:5.1
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cpe:2.3:a:youtube_embed_project:youtube_embed:5.1.1
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cpe:2.3:a:youtube_embed_project:youtube_embed:5.2