WordPress plugin · yt-player
Is Video Player for YouTube safe?
Safe on 2.1.4 or newer.
The current version, 2.1.4, is past every affected range on record (4 of 4 records list one). Keep it updated and you’re clear of them.
- Flaws on record
- 4
- High or critical
- 0
- Exploited
- none
- Current version
- 2.1.4
- Last updated
- Oct 26, 2026
- Active installs
- 1,000+
Every recorded flaw
- Oct 29, 2026Video Player for YouTube: Does not perform a capability check on its player-preset AJAX handlerCVE-2026-85007 · fixed in 2.1.4 · reported by WPScan
- Sep 5, 2026Video Player for YouTube: Does not properly sanitise and escape user-supplied input before using it in a SQL statementCVE-2026-84937 · fixed in 2.1.0 · reported by WPScanMedium 6.8
- Jul 23, 2026YT Player: Missing AuthorizationCVE-2026-27422 · affects up to 2.1.2 · reported by PatchstackMedium 5.3
- Oct 25, 2021Video Player for YouTube: Does not sanitise or validate the parameters from its shortcodeCVE-2021-24414 · fixed in 1.4 · reported by WPScanMedium 5.4
Records come from the National Vulnerability Database, published by the researchers who found each flaw (Wordfence, Patchstack, WPScan and others); exploited status from CISA; exploit odds from FIRST’s EPSS; current version, installs and closures from wordpress.org, checked daily. Want every plugin on your site checked at once? Run the free website check.
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