CVEs-PoC/2021/CVE-2021-24414.md

### [CVE-2021-24414](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-24414)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Product&message=Video%20Player%20for%20YouTube&color=blue)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Version&message=1.4%3C%201.4%20&color=brighgreen)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Vulnerability&message=CWE-79%20Cross-site%20Scripting%20(XSS)&color=brighgreen)

### Description

The Video Player for YouTube WordPress plugin before 1.4 does not sanitise or validate the parameters from its shortcode, allowing users with a role as low as contributor to set Cross-Site Scripting payload in them which will be triggered in the page/s with the embed malicious shortcode

### POC

#### Reference
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e20b805d-eb11-4702-9803-77de276000ac

#### Github
No PoCs found on GitHub currently.