CVE-2023-6485

Html5 Video Player < 2.5.19 - Subscriber+ Stored XSS

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Published Jan 1, 2024 CVSS 3.1 · 5.4 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

The Html5 Video Player WordPress plugin before 2.5.19 does not sanitise and escape some of its player settings, which combined with missing capability checks around the plugin could allow any authenticated users, such as low as subscribers to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks against high privilege users like admins

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

Html5 Video Player

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 2.5.19

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:bplugins:html5_video_player:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

No advisories available

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.527% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/759b3866-c619-42cc-94a8-0af6d199cc81

History

Jun 18, 2025 3:15 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Bplugins Html5 Video Player

Weaknesses

CWE-79

Sources

CVE record Updated: Jun 18, 2025, 2:58 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: WPScan
Published: Jan 1, 2024, 2:18 PM
Updated: Jun 18, 2025, 2:58 PM
Reserved: Dec 4, 2023, 1:39 PM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 8:28 AM

Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 8:28 AM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 6:50 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Jan 1, 2024, 3:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 6:50 AM

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