CVE-2015-6535

Severity: low (CVSS 3.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2015-08-31 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in includes/options-profiles.php in the YouTube Embed plugin before 3.3.3 for WordPress allows remote administrators to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the Profile name field (youtube_embed_name parameter).

Affected products

YouTube Embed: through 3.3.2

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133340/WordPress-YouTube-Embed-3.3.2-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/536334/100/0/threaded
https://wordpress.org/plugins/youtube-embed/changelog/
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8163
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133340/WordPress-YouTube-Embed-3.3.2-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/536334/100/0/threaded
https://wordpress.org/plugins/youtube-embed/changelog/
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8163

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