Vulnerability · Published Jan 7, 2026 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2025-13849Cool YT Player <= 1.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode Attributes
Medium 6.4
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site scripting in Cool YT Player from matiasanca. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 19% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The Cool YT Player plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'videoid' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| matiasanca | Cool YT Player | 0 – through 1.0 |
Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/590bdf82-8006-4729-96e5-42b0d1552d19?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cool-yt-player/trunk/includes/youtube_video_wrapper.php#L58
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cool-yt-player/tags/1.0/includes/youtube_video_wrapper.php#L58