Ultimate YouTube Video & Shorts Player With Vimeo: A security weakness
Ultimate YouTube Video & Shorts Player With Vimeo is affected by a security weakness. Exploitation requires at least subscriber-level access. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.
- Component
- Ultimate YouTube Video & Shorts Player With Vimeo
- Plugin slug
ultimate-youtube-video-player- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Nov 22, 2024
- Weakness
- CWE-862 — Missing Authorization
This CVE was published Nov 22, 2024 and is one of 2 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Ultimate YouTube Video & Shorts Player With Vimeo to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
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 Ultimate YouTube Video & Shorts Player With Vimeo plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the get_setting() function in all versions up to, and including, 3.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to view settings for playlists.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N