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CVE-2022-1187: WP YouTube Live <= 1.7.21 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
• 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: 2022-04-19 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The WordPress WP YouTube Live Plugin is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via POST data found in the ~/inc/admin.php file which allows unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in versions up to, and including, 1.7.21.

Affected products

• macbookandrew WP YouTube Live: before 1.7.22 — fixed in 1.7.22

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: macbookandrew WP YouTube Live 1.7.22. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/macbookandrew/wp-youtube-live/commit/2d8ccb7b12742bf16b5a6068f9fdeeac69bc11b1
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-youtube-live/trunk/inc/admin.php#L355
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2d540b53-5c39-43d5-a055-cc5eccfa65b8?source=cve
• https://github.com/macbookandrew/wp-youtube-live/commit/2d8ccb7b12742bf16b5a6068f9fdeeac69bc11b1
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-youtube-live/trunk/inc/admin.php#L355
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2d540b53-5c39-43d5-a055-cc5eccfa65b8?source=cve

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