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Video Player for YouTube vulnerabilities
Video Player for YouTube has 2 known vulnerabilities in this database. The most recent published record is dated 5 Sep 2026.
- Known vulnerabilities
- 2
- Active installs
- 1,000+
- Latest version
- 2.1.2
- Last updated
- 23 Sep 2026
- Most recent
- 5 Sep 2026
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SQL injection CVE-2026-84937 | Medium 6.8 | Before 2.1.0 | Fixed in 2.1.0 | 5 Sep 2026 |
| Cross-site scripting (XSS) CVE-2021-24414 | Medium 5.4 | Before 1.4 | Fixed in 1.4 | 25 Oct 2021 |
Read the published descriptions
- CVE-2026-84937, 5 Sep 2026
- The Video Player for YouTube WordPress plugin before 2.1.0 does not properly sanitise and escape user-supplied input before using it in a SQL statement, allowing users with the Contributor role and above to perform SQL injection attacks and read arbitrary data from the database. CVE record
- CVE-2021-24414, 25 Oct 2021
- The Video Player for YouTube WordPress plugin before 1.4 does not sanitise or validate the parameters from its shortcode, allowing users with a role as low as contributor to set Cross-Site Scripting payload in them which will be triggered in the page/s with the embed malicious shortcode CVE record
What to do if you run Video Player for YouTube
If you run Video Player for YouTube, 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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