CVE-2021-24419 (GCVE-0-2021-24419)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-07-12 19:20 – Updated: 2024-08-03 19:28
VLAI
Title
WP YouTube Lyte < 1.7.16 - Authenticated Stored XSS
Summary
The WP YouTube Lyte WordPress plugin before 1.7.16 did not sanitise or escape its lyte_yt_api_key and lyte_notification settings before outputting them back in the page, allowing high privilege users to set XSS payload on them and leading to stored Cross-Site Scripting issues.
Severity
4.8 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Cross-site Scripting (XSS)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Unknown WP YouTube Lyte Affected: 1.7.16 , < 1.7.16 (custom)
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Credits
m0ze
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