CVE-2024-5522 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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 injection attacks

Published: 2024-06-20

Score: 6.5 Medium

EPSS: 83.8% High

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	< 2.5.27

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 None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.83843.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/bc76ef95-a2a9-4185-8ed9-1059097a506a/

History

Tue, 15 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.75349}`	epss `{'score': 0.73387}`

Mon, 19 May 2025 21:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Bplugins Bplugins html5 Video Player
Weaknesses		CWE-89
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:bplugins:html5_video_player::::::wordpress::*
Vendors & Products		Bplugins Bplugins html5 Video Player

Subscriptions

Bplugins Html5 Video Player

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2024-06-20T06:00:04.044Z

Updated: 2024-08-01T21:18:05.372Z

Reserved: 2024-05-30T08:22:03.271Z

Link: CVE-2024-5522

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T21:18:05.372Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-06-20T06:15:10.197

Modified: 2025-05-19T21:03:35.523

Link: CVE-2024-5522

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-89

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