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CVE-2024-5522: The HTML5 Video Player WordPress plugin before 2.5.27 does not sanitize and escape a parameter from a REST route before using it in a SQL statement, allowing unauthenticated users to perform SQL inje

medium Affects html5-video-player (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.2, updated 2026-10-29; published ; advisory modified .

The HTML5 Video Player WordPress plugin before 2.5.27 does not sanitize and escape a parameter from a REST route before using it in a SQL statement, allowing unauthenticated users to perform SQL inje

Package
html5-video-player (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions
<2.5.27
Fixed in
2.5.27
Severity
medium  CVSS 6.5
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 3% (85.5th percentile)
Published
2024-06-20
Source
nvd

References

CWE-89
NVD recordhtml5-video-player (WordPress plugin) advisories

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