The Ultimate Video Player For WordPress < 2.2.3 - Contributor+ Stored XSS
Priority MEDIUM 55CWE-79Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
The Ultimate Video Player For WordPress WordPress plugin before 2.2.3 does not have proper capability check when updating its settings via a REST route, allowing Contributor and above users to update them. Furthermore, due to the lack of escaping in one of the settings, this also allows them to perform Stored XSS attacks
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00495 42nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA and NVD
Fix Fixed The Ultimate Video Player For WordPress (Unknown): 2.2.3
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 | The Ultimate Video Player For WordPress | before 2.2.3 | 2.2.3 | Patch available | CNA |
- The Ultimate Video Player For WordPress VendorUnknown Affected before 2.2.3 Fixed in 2.2.3 Patch available CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:prestoplayer:presto_player:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | before 2.2.3 | Vulnerable | Presto Player |
- cpe:2.3:a:prestoplayer:presto_player:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions before 2.2.3 Vulnerable ·Presto Player
Remediation
- Fix · CNA The Ultimate Video Player For WordPress (Unknown) Fixed in 2.2.3
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-2428
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3898-wjpq-fj5f
References
Sources
- CVE-2024-2428 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-2428 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-3898-wjpq-fj5f · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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