CVE-2024-5169

CVE-2024-5169 affects the Video Widget WordPress plugin (versions ≤ 1.2.3). The vulnerability arises from insufficient sanitisation/escaping of widget settings, enabling Stored XSS by high-privilege users (e.g., admins) even when unfiltered_html is disallowed (e.g., multisite). Public‑facing advi...

CVE-2024-5169: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

The Video Widget WordPress plugin through 1.2.3 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfilteredhtml capability is disallowed for example in multisite setup...