Vulnerability · Published Feb 21, 2023 · Assigned by WPScan

CVE-2022-4786Video.js - HTML5 Video Player for WordPress <= 4.5.0 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via Shortcode

Medium 5.4

In plain English

A medium-severity cross-site scripting in Video.js from Unknown. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 41% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.4Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 59.1% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Unknown	Video.js	0 – through 4.5.0

Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/fdad356f-cae4-4390-9a62-605201cee0c0 exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description