CVE-2023-6485 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Html5 Video Player WordPress plugin before 2.5.19 does not sanitise and escape some of its player settings, which combined with missing capability checks around the plugin could allow any authenticated users, such as low as subscribers to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks against high privilege users like admins

Published: 2024-01-01

Score: 5.4 Medium

EPSS: 1.9% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

Html5 Video Player

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 2.5.19

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:bplugins:html5_video_player:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01885.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/759b3866-c619-42cc-94a8-0af6d199cc81

History

Wed, 18 Jun 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Bplugins Html5 Video Player

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2024-01-01T14:18:55.845Z

Updated: 2025-06-18T14:58:44.693Z

Reserved: 2023-12-04T13:39:00.579Z

Link: CVE-2023-6485

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T08:28:21.830Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-01T15:15:43.393

Modified: 2025-06-18T15:15:25.940

Link: CVE-2023-6485

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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