YourChannel: Everything you want in a YouTube plugin < 1.2.3 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via Shortcode
Priority MEDIUM 58Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
The YourChannel: Everything you want in a YouTube plugin WordPress plugin before 1.2.3 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in the page, which could allow users with a role as low as contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks which could be used against high privilege users such as admins.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0055 46th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA and NVD
Fix Fixed YourChannel: Everything you want in a YouTube plugin. (Unknown): 1.2.3
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | YourChannel: Everything you want in a YouTube plugin. | before 1.2.3 | 1.2.3 | Patch available | CNA |
- YourChannel: Everything you want in a YouTube plugin. VendorUnknown Affected before 1.2.3 Fixed in 1.2.3 Patch available CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:plugin:yourchannel:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | before 1.2.3 | Vulnerable | pluginbuilders |
- cpe:2.3:a:plugin:yourchannel:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions before 1.2.3 Vulnerable ·pluginbuilders
Remediation
- Fix · CNA YourChannel: Everything you want in a YouTube plugin. (Unknown) Fixed in 1.2.3
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-4833
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-w5hq-mq5m-5f94
References
More pluginbuilders Yourchannel vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-00267 YourChannel < 1.2.2 - Subscriber+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
- TI-2023-01755 YourChannel <= 1.2.3 - Missing Authorization to Plugin Cache Reset CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2023-01752 YourChannel <= 1.2.3 - Missing Authorization to Plugin Settings Reset CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2023-01756 YourChannel <= 1.2.5 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5
- TI-2023-01758 YourChannel <= 1.2.4 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Plugin Language Translation Reset CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
- TI-2023-01754 YourChannel <= 1.2.4 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Plugin Settings Change CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
Sources
- CVE-2022-4833 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-4833 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-w5hq-mq5m-5f94 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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