Administrator-context script execution via unsanitized player settings
Published Jan 1, 2024 · Updated Jun 18, 2025
Stored cross-site scripting in bPlugins HTML5 Video Player before 2.5.19 allows remote authenticated users to run script in an administrator's browser. The h5vp_import_data AJAX action stores attacker-controlled h5vp_total_views content without a capability check or sanitization, and the player-list view outputs the value without escaping. Subscriber access is sufficient to plant the payload, but execution requires a high-privilege user to open the player list; the script then runs in that user's browser context.
Summary
What happened
Stored cross-site scripting in bPlugins HTML5 Video Player before 2.5.19 allows remote authenticated users to run script in an administrator's browser. The h5vp_import_data AJAX action stores attacker-controlled h5vp_total_views content without a capability check or sanitization, and the player-list view outputs the value without escaping. Subscriber access is sufficient to plant the payload, but execution requires a high-privilege user to open the player list; the script then runs in that user's browser context.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-6485
- Published
- Jan 1, 2024
- Updated
- Jun 18, 2025
- Vendor
- bPlugins
- Product
- HTML5 Video Player
- Classifications
- CWE-79
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jan 1, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jun 18, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=0 <2.5.19
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Public exploit references
- WPScan h5vp_import_data stored-XSS proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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