YouTube Embed Plugin Support up to 5.3.1 on WordPress cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in YouTube Embed Plugin Support YouTube Embed Plugin up to 5.3.1 on WordPress. This impacts an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2025-31008. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in YouTube Embed Plugin Support YouTube Embed Plugin up to 5.3.1 on WordPress. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in YouTube Embed Plugin Support YouTube Embed allows Stored XSS. This issue affects YouTube Embed: from n/a through 5.3.1.

The weakness was presented by Abhinav Porwal. The advisory is shared for download at patchstack.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-31008 since 03/26/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are necessary for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.1
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.1

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CNA Base Score: 5.9
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Timelineinfo

03/26/2025 🔍
04/09/2025 +13 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: patchstack.com
Researcher: Abhinav Porwal
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2025-31008 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-31008
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-304148

Entryinfo

Created: 04/09/2025 19:21
Changes: 04/09/2025 19:21 (64)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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