title: MediaElement.js – HTML5 Video & Audio Player <= 4.2.8 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via Shortcode
description: The MediaElement.js WordPress plugin through 4.2.8 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in the page, which could allow users with a role as low as contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks which could be used against high-privilege users such as admins.
problem types: CWE-79 Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
affected:
{
vendor: Unknown
product: MediaElement.js
versions:
status: affected, versionType: custom, version: 0, lessThanOrEqual: 4.2.8
defaultStatus: affected
collectionURL: https://wordpress.org/plugins
}