CVE-2023-4962
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-79
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Publication date:
11/01/2024
Last modified:
08/04/2026
Description
The Video PopUp plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'video_popup' shortcode in versions up to, and including, 1.1.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Impact
Base Score 3.x
6.40
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:wp-plugins:video_popup:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | 1.1.3 (including) |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/video-popup/trunk/features/shortcode.php?rev=2928708#L144
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3004434/video-popup
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/670ea03e-2f76-48a4-9f40-bc4cfd987a89?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/video-popup/trunk/features/shortcode.php?rev=2928708#L144
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3004434/video-popup
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/670ea03e-2f76-48a4-9f40-bc4cfd987a89?source=cve



