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CVE-2024-7721: HTML5 Video Player – mp4 Video Player Plugin and Block <= 2.5.34 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Limited Options Update

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-09-11 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-862

Description

The HTML5 Video Player – mp4 Video Player Plugin and Block plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'save_password' function in all versions up to, and including, 2.5.34. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to set any options that are not explicitly checked as false to an array, including enabling user registration if it has been disabled.

Affected products

• bplugins HTML5 Video Player – Embed and Play Videos in Custom Player: before 2.5.35 — fixed in 2.5.35

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: bplugins HTML5 Video Player – Embed and Play Videos in Custom Player 2.5.35. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/html5-video-player/trunk/inc/Model/Ajax.php#L79
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3148088/
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6dc3f308-d1e1-430b-bccd-168c0972fe7c?source=cve

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