PT-2026-99503

CVE-2026-96895

Published

2026-09-27

Updated

2026-09-28

Description by

CVSS 3.1

6.8

Medium

MetricsAV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions WP YouTube Lyte WordPress plugin versions prior to 1.7.31

Description Insufficient escaping of attributes within YouTube embed blocks occurs during the rendering process when they are outputted into an HTML attribute. This flaw allows users with contributor-level permissions to execute Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks, a technique where malicious scripts are permanently stored on the target server and served to other users.

Recommendations Update the plugin to version 1.7.31 or later.

Exploitability

Exploit

Fix

Impacts

Researchers

Dmitry Ignatyev

Vendors

Affected products

Weakness enumeration

CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (\'Cross-site Scripting\')

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