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CVE-2022-4652: The Video Background WordPress plugin before 2.7.5 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could al

medium Affects video-background (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.4, updated 2026-10-29; published ; advisory modified .

The Video Background WordPress plugin before 2.7.5 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could al

Package
video-background (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions
<2.7.5
Fixed in
2.7.5
Severity
medium  CVSS 5.4
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 1% (45.0th percentile)
Published
2023-03-13
Source
nvd

References

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