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CVE-2021-24471

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.4 EPSS 0.58%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2021-08-16 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2021-24471
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.4
EPSS
0.58%
WordPress

Original NVD 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).