The WP YouTube Lyte WordPress plugin before 1.7.31 does not escape some attributes of YouTube embed blocks before outputting them in an HTML attribute when rendering the block, which could allow users with a role as low as contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.
History

Mon, 28 Sep 2026 01:30:00 +0000

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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Sun, 27 Sep 2026 12:15:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Wordpress-extensions
Wordpress-extensions wp Youtube Lyte
Vendors & Products Wordpress-extensions
Wordpress-extensions wp Youtube Lyte

Sun, 27 Sep 2026 07:45:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-79

Sun, 27 Sep 2026 06:15:00 +0000

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Description The WP YouTube Lyte WordPress plugin before 1.7.31 does not escape some attributes of YouTube embed blocks before outputting them in an HTML attribute when rendering the block, which could allow users with a role as low as contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.
Title WP YouTube Lyte < 1.7.31 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via Embed Block Attributes
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2026-09-27T06:00:22.090Z

Updated: 2026-09-28T00:48:07.841Z

Reserved: 2026-09-23T19:47:44.228Z

Link: CVE-2026-96895

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-28T00:38:20.961Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-09-27T06:17:22.707

Modified: 2026-09-28T15:17:39.543

Link: CVE-2026-96895

cve-icon Redhat

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