Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Feb 21, 2023· Updated Mar 13, 2025
Video.js - HTML5 Video Player for WordPress <= 4.5.0 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via Shortcode
CVE-2022-4786
Description
The Video.js WordPress plugin through 4.5.0 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks
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2- WordPress/Video.jsdescription
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References
1- wpscan.com/vulnerability/fdad356f-cae4-4390-9a62-605201cee0c0mitreexploitvdb-entrytechnical-description
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