Medium severity · published Jan 1, 2024
CVE-2023-6485
Html5 Video Player < 2.5.19 - Subscriber+ Stored XSS
5.4
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 45% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
HV
Html5 Video Player ·
before 2.5.19 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6485
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-6485
Exploit
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/759b3866-c619-42cc-94a8-0af6d199cc81
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