CVE-2022-1334: WP YouTube Live < 1.8.3 - Admin+ Stored Cross Site Scripting

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2022-05-16 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The WP YouTube Live WordPress plugin before 1.8.3 does not validate, sanitise and escape various of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when unfiltered_html is disallowed

Affected products

WP YouTube Live: before 1.8.3 — fixed in 1.8.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: WP YouTube Live 1.8.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/af3b32c9-f386-4bb6-a362-86a27f49a739
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/af3b32c9-f386-4bb6-a362-86a27f49a739

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