CVE-2024-13156

MEDIUM

HTML5 Video Player Plugin <= 2.5.35 - Authenticated Stored XSS via Heading Parameter

Title source: llm

Description

The HTML5 Video Player – mp4 Video Player Plugin and Block plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to DOM-Based Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘heading’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 2.5.35 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.

References (4)

Core 4

Core References

Product

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/html5-video-player/trunk/dist/frontend.js

Product

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3221089/

Product

https://wordpress.org/plugins/html5-video-player/#developers

Third Party Advisory

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e0b26af2-d559-49bf-841a-1974360b3ad6?source=cve

Scores

CVSS v3 6.4

EPSS 0.0034

EPSS Percentile 26.1%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE

CWE-79

Status published

Products (2)

bplugins/HTML5 Video Player – Embed and Play Videos in Custom Player < 2.5.35

bplugins/HTML5 Video Player – mp4 Video Player Plugin and Block < 2.5.35

Published Jan 14, 2025

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026