The Video Player for YouTube WordPress plugin before 2.1.4 does not perform a capability check on its player-preset AJAX handler, allowing users with the Contributor role and above to read the site-wide player-preset configuration, and in versions before 2.1.1 to modify and delete it as well.
History

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Weaknesses CWE-284

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Description The Video Player for YouTube WordPress plugin before 2.1.4 does not perform a capability check on its player-preset AJAX handler, allowing users with the Contributor role and above to read the site-wide player-preset configuration, and in versions before 2.1.1 to modify and delete it as well.
Title YT Player < 2.1.4 - Contributor+ Missing Authorization via ytp_ajax
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2026-10-29T06:00:26.360Z

Updated: 2026-10-29T06:00:26.360Z

Reserved: 2026-09-02T18:34:44.252Z

Link: CVE-2026-85007

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-29T06:17:24.230

Modified: 2026-10-29T06:17:24.230

Link: CVE-2026-85007

cve-icon Redhat

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