CVE-2024-2428: The Ultimate Video Player For WordPress < 2.2.3 - Contributor+ Stored XSS

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.7 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2024-04-10 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Ultimate Video Player For WordPress WordPress plugin before 2.2.3 does not have proper capability check when updating its settings via a REST route, allowing Contributor and above users to update them. Furthermore, due to the lack of escaping in one of the settings, this also allows them to perform Stored XSS attacks

Affected products

The Ultimate Video Player For WordPress: before 2.2.3 — fixed in 2.2.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: The Ultimate Video Player For WordPress 2.2.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/4832e223-4571-4b45-97db-2fd403797c49/
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/4832e223-4571-4b45-97db-2fd403797c49/

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