HTML5 Video Player – mp4 Video Player Plugin and Block: A security weakness
HTML5 Video Player – mp4 Video Player Plugin and Block is affected by a security weakness. Exploitation requires an authenticated subscriber account. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.
- Component
- HTML5 Video Player – mp4 Video Player Plugin and Block
- Plugin slug
html5-video-player- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Sep 11, 2024
- Weakness
- CWE-862 — Missing Authorization
This CVE was published Sep 11, 2024 and is one of 10 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
No fixed release is identified. Update HTML5 Video Player – mp4 Video Player Plugin and Block when a confirmed fixed release becomes available; until then, disable and remove it when the site's risk warrants.
No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical description
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.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N