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HTML5 Video Player vulnerabilities
HTML5 Video Player has 6 known vulnerabilities in this database. The most recent published record is dated 14 Jan 2025.
- Known vulnerabilities
- 6
- Active installs
- 20,000+
- Latest version
- 2.13.1
- Last updated
- 16 Sep 2026
- Most recent
- 14 Jan 2025
Find it in your WordPress dashboard under Plugins. Severity is based on the CVSS score published with the CVE where one is available.
| Vulnerability | Severity | Affected | Fix | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cross-site scripting (XSS) CVE-2024-13156 | Medium 6.4 | Up to 2.5.35 | Fixed in a later version (latest 2.13.1) | 14 Jan 2025 |
| Broken access control CVE-2024-7721 | Medium 4.3 | Before 2.5.35 | Fixed in 2.5.35 | 11 Sep 2024 |
| Broken access control CVE-2024-7727 | Medium 5.3 | Before 2.5.33 | Fixed in 2.5.33 | 11 Sep 2024 |
| SQL injection CVE-2024-5522 | Medium 6.5 | Before 2.5.27 | Fixed in 2.5.27 | 20 Jun 2024 |
| SQL injection CVE-2024-1061 | High 8.6 | Before 2.5.25 | Fixed in 2.5.25 | 30 Jan 2024 |
| Cross-site scripting (XSS) CVE-2023-6485 | Medium 5.4 | Before 2.5.19 | Fixed in 2.5.19 | 1 Jan 2024 |
Read the published descriptions
- CVE-2024-13156, 14 Jan 2025
- The HTML5 Video Player - mp4 Video Player Plugin and Block plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to DOM-Based Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘heading’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 2.5.35 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. CVE record
- CVE-2024-7721, 11 Sep 2024
- 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. CVE record
- CVE-2024-7727, 11 Sep 2024
- The HTML5 Video Player - mp4 Video Player Plugin and Block plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on multiple functions called via the 'h5vp_ajax_handler' ajax action in all versions up to, and including, 2.5.32. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to call these functions to manipulate data. CVE record
- CVE-2024-5522, 20 Jun 2024
- The HTML5 Video Player WordPress plugin before 2.5.27 does not sanitize and escape a parameter from a REST route before using it in a SQL statement, allowing unauthenticated users to perform SQL injection attacks CVE record
- CVE-2024-1061, 30 Jan 2024
- The 'HTML5 Video Player' WordPress Plugin, version < 2.5.25 is affected by an unauthenticated SQL injection vulnerability in the 'id' parameter in the 'get_view' function. CVE record
- CVE-2023-6485, 1 Jan 2024
- The Html5 Video Player WordPress plugin before 2.5.19 does not sanitise and escape some of its player settings, which combined with missing capability checks around the plugin could allow any authenticated users, such as low as subscribers to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks against high privilege users like admins CVE record
What to do if you run HTML5 Video Player
If you run HTML5 Video Player, open WordPress and check the installed version in Plugins. Compare it with the affected versions in the vulnerability record. If a fixed version is available, take a current backup and update to that version or the latest supported release.
If no fixed version exists, consider disabling and removing the plugin or replacing it with a maintained alternative. After dealing with the affected software, check administrator users, unexpected file changes, redirects, unfamiliar pages and security logs for signs that the site may already have been altered.
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