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Embeds for YouTube Vulnerabilities

Review known vulnerability records for the WordPress plugin Embeds for YouTube (`youtube-embed`), including severity, CVE references, affected versions, and patch status.

Recent tracked CVEs on this page include CVE-2025-68599, CVE-2025-31008 and CVE-2021-24471, so operators can jump from disclosure to patch validation without scanning the full feed first.

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Known Records
4
High or Critical
0
Patch Coverage
100%
Last Updated
Feb 26, 2026
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Indexed CVEs
4
CVE-2025-68599 Medium No patch listed
CVE-2025-68599 Embeds for YouTube Stored Cross-Site Scripting

YouTube Embed <= 5.4 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

CVE-2021-24471 Medium 5.2.2
CVE-2021-24471 Embeds for YouTube Stored Cross-Site Scripting

YouTube Embed <= 5.2.1 - Contributor+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

CVE-2015-6535 Medium 3.3.3
CVE-2015-6535 Embeds for YouTube Cross-Site Scripting

YouTube Embed <= 3.3.2 - Cross-Site Scripting

CVE-2025-31008 Medium 5.4
CVE-2025-31008 Embeds for YouTube Stored Cross-Site Scripting

YouTube Embed <= 5.3.1 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

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Patch Visibility
4 records include a published patch path, leaving 0 with no listed safe release yet.
Severity Mix
0 critical and 0 high severity findings.
Recent CVEs
CVE-2025-68599, CVE-2025-31008 and CVE-2021-24471
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Known Vulnerabilities

Reports for Embeds for YouTube

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Plugin Medium Patched: No CVE-2025-68599
CVE-2025-68599: YouTube Embed <= 5.4 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

The YouTube Embed plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including, 5.4 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to in...

Published
Dec 22, 2025
Patched Release
Not published
Affected Versions
Versions up to 5.4
Next Step
Open the full report for remediation notes and references.
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Plugin Medium Patched: Yes CVE-2025-31008
CVE-2025-31008: YouTube Embed <= 5.3.1 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

The YouTube Embed plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including, 5.3.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access and above, t...

Published
Apr 09, 2025
Patched Release
5.4
Affected Versions
Versions up to 5.3.1
Next Step
Update to 5.4 or newer if supported.
Open CVE-2025-31008 Report Open CVE Reference
Plugin Medium Patched: Yes CVE-2021-24471
CVE-2021-24471: YouTube Embed <= 5.2.1 - Contributor+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

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, clas...

Published
Jul 19, 2021
Patched Release
5.2.2
Affected Versions
Versions up to 5.2.1
Next Step
Update to 5.2.2 or newer if supported.
Open CVE-2021-24471 Report Open CVE Reference
Plugin Medium Patched: Yes CVE-2015-6535
CVE-2015-6535: YouTube Embed <= 3.3.2 - Cross-Site Scripting

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in includes/options-profiles.php in the YouTube Embed plugin before 3.3.3 for WordPress allows remote administrators to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the Profile name field (youtube_embed_name parameter).

Published
Aug 26, 2015
Patched Release
3.3.3
Affected Versions
Versions before 3.3.3
Next Step
Update to 3.3.3 or newer if supported.
Open CVE-2015-6535 Report Open CVE Reference