Missing authorization in bPlugins HTML5 Video Player – Embed and Play Videos in Custom…
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
The HTML5 Video Player – mp4 Video Player Plugin and Block plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'save_password' function in all versions up to, and including, 2.5.34. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to set any options that are not explicitly checked as false to an array, including enabling user registration if it has been disabled.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- 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
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-7721
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6m95-wprq-2gv6
References
More bPlugins Html5 Video Player vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-05133 HTML5 Video Player < 2.5.27 - Unauthenticated SQLi CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2024-00982 SQL injection in html5-video-player CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-28948 WordPress HTML5 Video Player plugin <= 2.5.30 - Broken Access Control vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2023-05943 Html5 Video Player < 2.5.19 - Subscriber+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
- TI-2024-07162 Missing authorization in bPlugins HTML5 Video Player – Embed and Play Videos in Custom… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
Sources
- CVE-2024-7721 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-7721 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-6m95-wprq-2gv6 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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