CVE-2023-6485 Html5 Video Player < 2.5.19 - Subscriber+ Stored XSS

What is CVE-2023-6485?

CVE-2023-6485 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Html5 Video Player, published on 1 Jan 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The Html5 Video Player WordPress plugin before 2.5.19 does not sanitise and escape some of its player settings, which combined with missing capability checks around the plugin could allow any authenticated users, such as low as subscribers to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks against high privilege users like admins

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-6485?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Bplugins Html5 Video Player.

How do I fix CVE-2023-6485?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-6485 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2023-6485 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-6485 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Html5 Video Player

• CVE-2024-1061 SQL injection in bplugins:html5 video player High 8.6
• CVE-2024-5522 HTML5 Video Player < 2.5.27 - Unauthenticated SQLi Medium 6.5
• CVE-2024-7727 Missing authorization in HTML5 Video Player – Embed and Play Videos in Custom Player Medium 5.3
• CVE-2024-43296 WordPress HTML5 Video Player plugin <= 2.5.30 - Broken Access Control vulnerability Medium 4.3
• CVE-2024-7721 Missing authorization in HTML5 Video Player – Embed and Play Videos in Custom Player Medium 4.3

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-p5mw-mg37-2vrh.