Medium · 6.5 CVE-2025-68599 EUVD-2025-205236GHSA-6c9v-4pr2-2r8c

WordPress YouTube Embed plugin <= 5.4 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

Published Dec 24, 2025 · Updated Apr 28, 2026 · Assigned by Patchstack

Vendor: Embeds For YouTube Plugin Support Product: YouTube Embed

Description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Embeds For YouTube Plugin Support YouTube Embed youtube-embed allows Stored XSS.This issue affects YouTube Embed: from n/a through <= 5.4.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected	Fixed
Embeds For YouTube Plugin Support	YouTube Embed	≤ 5.4	—

References

https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/youtube-embed/vulnerability/wordpress-youtube-embed-plugin-5-4-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve vdb-entry