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Plugin 8 known issues Latest disclosed Jan 13, 2025

HTML5 Video Player – Embed and Play Videos in Custom Player Vulnerabilities

Review known vulnerability records for the WordPress plugin HTML5 Video Player – Embed and Play Videos in Custom Player (`html5-video-player`), including severity, CVE references, affected versions, and patch status.

Recent tracked CVEs on this page include CVE-2024-13156, CVE-2024-7721 and CVE-2024-7727, so operators can jump from disclosure to patch validation without scanning the full feed first.

Known Records
8
High or Critical
1
Patch Coverage
100%
Last Updated
Jan 14, 2025
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Indexed CVEs
8
CVE-2024-5522 Critical 2.5.27
CVE-2024-5522 HTML5 Video Player – Embed and Play Videos in Custom Player SQL Injection

HTML5 Video Player <= 2.5.26 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection

CVE-2024-1061 Medium 2.5.25
CVE-2024-1061 HTML5 Video Player – Embed and Play Videos in Custom Player SQL Injection

HTML5 Video Player <= 2.5.24 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection via id

CVE-2024-13156 Medium 2.5.36
CVE-2024-13156 HTML5 Video Player – Embed and Play Videos in Custom Player Stored Cross-Site Scripting

HTML5 Video Player – mp4 Video Player Plugin and Block <= 2.5.35 - Authenticated (Contributor+) DOM-Based Stored Cross-Site Scripting via heading Parameter

CVE-2024-43296 Medium 2.5.31
CVE-2024-43296 HTML5 Video Player – Embed and Play Videos in Custom Player Vulnerability

Flash & HTML5 Video <= 2.5.30 - Missing Authorization

CVE-2023-6485 Medium 2.5.19
CVE-2023-6485 HTML5 Video Player – Embed and Play Videos in Custom Player Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Html5 Video Player <= 2.5.18 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

CVE-2024-7727 Medium 2.5.33
CVE-2024-7727 HTML5 Video Player – Embed and Play Videos in Custom Player Vulnerability

HTML5 Video Player – mp4 Video Player Plugin and Block <= 2.5.32 - Missing Authorization in multiple functions via h5vp_ajax_handler

CVE-2024-7721 Medium 2.5.35
CVE-2024-7721 HTML5 Video Player – Embed and Play Videos in Custom Player Vulnerability

HTML5 Video Player – mp4 Video Player Plugin and Block <= 2.5.34 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Limited Options Update

CVE-2024-43319 Medium 2.5.32
CVE-2024-43319 HTML5 Video Player – Embed and Play Videos in Custom Player Sensitive Information Exposure

Flash & HTML5 Video <= 2.5.31 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Information Exposure

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Patch Visibility
8 records include a published patch path, leaving 0 with no listed safe release yet.
Severity Mix
1 critical and 0 high severity findings.
Recent CVEs
CVE-2024-13156, CVE-2024-7721 and CVE-2024-7727
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Known Vulnerabilities

Reports for HTML5 Video Player – Embed and Play Videos in Custom Player

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Plugin Medium Patched: Yes CVE-2024-13156
CVE-2024-13156: HTML5 Video Player – mp4 Video Player Plugin and Block <= 2.5.35 - Authenticated (Contributor+) DOM-Based Stored Cross-Site Scripting via heading Parameter

The HTML5 Video Player – mp4 Video Player Plugin and Block plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to DOM-Based Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘heading’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 2.5.35 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes i...

Published
Jan 13, 2025
Patched Release
2.5.36
Affected Versions
Versions up to 2.5.35
Next Step
Update to 2.5.36 or newer if supported.
Plugin Medium Patched: Yes CVE-2024-7721
CVE-2024-7721: HTML5 Video Player – mp4 Video Player Plugin and Block <= 2.5.34 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Limited Options Update

The HTML5 Video Player – mp4 Video Player Plugin and Block plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'save_password' function in all versions up to, and including, 2.5.34. This makes it possible for authentica...

Published
Sep 10, 2024
Patched Release
2.5.35
Affected Versions
Versions up to 2.5.34
Next Step
Update to 2.5.35 or newer if supported.
Plugin Medium Patched: Yes CVE-2024-7727
CVE-2024-7727: HTML5 Video Player – mp4 Video Player Plugin and Block <= 2.5.32 - Missing Authorization in multiple functions via h5vp_ajax_handler

The HTML5 Video Player – mp4 Video Player Plugin and Block plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on multiple functions called via the 'h5vp_ajax_handler' ajax action in all versions up to, and including, 2.5.32. This m...

Published
Sep 10, 2024
Patched Release
2.5.33
Affected Versions
Versions up to 2.5.32
Next Step
Update to 2.5.33 or newer if supported.
Plugin Medium Patched: Yes CVE-2024-43296
CVE-2024-43296: Flash & HTML5 Video <= 2.5.30 - Missing Authorization

The Flash & HTML5 Video plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on several AJAX actions in versions up to, and including, 2.5.30. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to upd...

Published
Aug 16, 2024
Patched Release
2.5.31
Affected Versions
Versions up to 2.5.30
Next Step
Update to 2.5.31 or newer if supported.
Plugin Medium Patched: Yes CVE-2024-43319
CVE-2024-43319: Flash & HTML5 Video <= 2.5.31 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Information Exposure

The HTML5 Video Player – mp4 Video Player Plugin and Block plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 2.5.31 via the h5vp_export_data() function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-le...

Published
Aug 16, 2024
Patched Release
2.5.32
Affected Versions
Versions up to 2.5.31
Next Step
Update to 2.5.32 or newer if supported.
Plugin Critical Patched: Yes CVE-2024-5522
CVE-2024-5522: HTML5 Video Player <= 2.5.26 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection

The HTML5 Video Player – Best WordPress Video Player Plugin and Block plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection in all versions up to, and including, 2.5.26 due to insufficient escaping on a user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL...

Published
May 30, 2024
Patched Release
2.5.27
Affected Versions
Versions up to 2.5.26
Next Step
Update to 2.5.27 or newer if supported.
Plugin Medium Patched: Yes CVE-2024-1061
CVE-2024-1061: HTML5 Video Player <= 2.5.24 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection via id

The Html5 Video Player plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the 'id’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 2.5.24 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it p...

Published
Jan 31, 2024
Patched Release
2.5.25
Affected Versions
Versions up to 2.5.24
Next Step
Update to 2.5.25 or newer if supported.
Plugin Medium Patched: Yes CVE-2023-6485
CVE-2023-6485: Html5 Video Player <= 2.5.18 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

The Html5 Video Player – mp4 player, Video Player for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in all versions up to, and including, 2.5.18 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated atta...

Published
Dec 08, 2023
Patched Release
2.5.19
Affected Versions
Versions up to 2.5.18
Next Step
Update to 2.5.19 or newer if supported.