CVE-2023-45049 MEDIUM

CVE-2023-45049: WordPress YouTube Playlist Player Plugin <= 4.6.7 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)

Vendor Ciprian Popescu

Product YouTube Playlist Player

Weakness CWE-79 · XSS

Published October 18, 2023

Last update April 28, 2026

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CVSS base score

6.5/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required Low

User interaction Required

Confidentiality Low

Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Auth. (contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Ciprian Popescu YouTube Playlist Player plugin <= 4.6.7 versions.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

YouTube Playlist Player versions up to 4.6.7 contain a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. An authenticated user with low privileges can inject malicious scripts that execute in the browsers of other users viewing affected pages. The vulnerability requires user interaction and can affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the site.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Inject malicious scripts that run in other users' browsers when they view affected content.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Site visitors may have their sessions hijacked, credentials stolen, or be redirected to malicious sites.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Attacker must be authenticated with low-level privileges and the victim must visit a page containing the injected payload.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

October 18, 2023 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-45049 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/79.html AskarLabs — CWE-79 write-up Cross-Site Scripting

Related vulnerabilities

Identifiers

CVE CVE-2023-45049

CWE CWE-79

CVSS 6.5 / MEDIUM

Affected versions