HTML5 Video Player – Embed and Play Videos in Custom Player <= 2.11.0 - Missing Authorization

5.3
Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2026-57323
CVSS 5.3 (Medium)
Publicly Published June 26, 2026
Last Updated June 29, 2026
Researcher Nabil Irawan - Heroes Cyber Security

Description

The HTML5 Video Player – Embed and Play Videos in Custom Player plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on a function in versions up to, and including, 2.11.0. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to perform an unauthorized action.

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Vulnerability Details for HTML5 Video Player – Embed and Play Videos in Custom Player

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug html5-video-player (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 2.11.1, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 2.11.0
Patched Version
  • 2.11.1

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4 Flash & HTML5 Video <= 2.5.31 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Information Exposure CVE-2024-43319 4.3 Ananda Dhakal August 16, 2024
5 Flash & HTML5 Video <= 2.5.30 - Missing Authorization CVE-2024-43296 6.4 Ananda Dhakal August 16, 2024
6 HTML5 Video Player <= 2.5.26 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection CVE-2024-5522 10.0 Mayank Deshmukh May 30, 2024
7 HTML5 Video Player <= 2.5.24 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection via id CVE-2024-1061 6.5 Joshua Martinelle January 31, 2024
8 Html5 Video Player <= 2.5.18 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting CVE-2023-6485 6.4 Krzysztof Zając December 8, 2023

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