CVE-2023-6485 - CVE House
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Status published Unknown CVE-2023-6485

Html5 Video Player < 2.5.19 - Subscriber+ Stored XSS

Vulnerability Description

The Html5 Video Player WordPress plugin before 2.5.19 does not sanitise and escape some of its player settings, which combined with missing capability checks around the plugin could allow any authenticated users, such as low as subscribers to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks against high privilege users like admins

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Krzysztof Zając (CERT PL)
  • WPScan

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Html5 Video Player
Vulnerable Versions:
0

Timeline

Official Publish: January 1st, 2024
Last Modified: June 18th, 2025
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

No vector data available

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.