Name: CVE-2021-24419: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2021-07-12T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2021-24419, CWE-79, CVSS 4.8, EPSS 0.00626

The WP YouTube Lyte WordPress plugin before 1.7.16 did not sanitise or escape its lyte_yt_api_key and lyte_notification settings before outputting them back in the page, allowing high privilege users to set XSS payload on them and leading to stored Cross-Site Scripting issues.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 4.8
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Wp Youtube Lyte Plugin	—	Update wp-youtube-lyte plugin to version 1.7.16, or a newer patched version	May 15, 2025	May 3, 2021

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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