title: YouTube Embed < 5.2.2 - Contributor+ Stored XSS
description: The YouTube Embed WordPress plugin before 5.2.2 does not validate, escape or sanitise some of its shortcode attributes, leading to Stored XSS issues by 1. using w, h, controls, cc_lang, color, language, start, stop, or style parameter of youtube shortcode, 2. by using style, class, rel, target, width, height, or alt parameter of youtube_thumb shortcode, or 3. by embedding a video whose title or description contains XSS payload (if API key is configured).
problem types: CWE-79 Cross-site Scripting (XSS)
affected:
{
product: YouTube Embed
vendor: Unknown
versions:
lessThan: 5.2.2, status: affected, version: 5.2.2, versionType: custom
}