CVE-2025-68599

WordPress YouTube Embed plugin <= 5.4 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

State: Published
Severity: 6.5 Medium
Published: Dec 24, 2025
Updated: Apr 28, 2026
Reserved: Dec 19, 2025

Description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Embeds For YouTube Plugin Support YouTube Embed youtube-embed allows Stored XSS.This issue affects YouTube Embed: from n/a through <= 5.4.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	6.5 Medium	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L	Patchstack

Weaknesses

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Affected Products

Product	Versions
YouTube EmbedEmbeds For YouTube Plugin Support	5.4 and earlierAffected

References

https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/youtube-embed/vulnerability/wordpress-youtube-embed-plugin-5-4-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cvevdb-entry

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