Vulnerabilities and security researches forwp-youtube-lyte wp-youtube-lyte

Jun 07, 2024

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2021-24419
Home page URL: Security reports for WP YouTube Lyte
Application: WP YouTube Lyte
Date: Jul 13, 2021
Research Description: 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.
Affected versions: max 1.7.16.
Status: vulnerable

Dec 11, 2025

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2025-66062
Home page URL: Security reports for WP YouTube Lyte
Application: WP YouTube Lyte
Date: Nov 21, 2025
Research Description: URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect') vulnerability in Frank Goossens WP YouTube Lyte wp-youtube-lyte allows Phishing.This issue affects WP YouTube Lyte: from n/a through <= 1.7.28.
Affected versions: max 1.7.28.
Status: vulnerable

Apr 16, 2026

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2026-3299
Home page URL: Security reports for WP YouTube Lyte
Application: WP YouTube Lyte
Date: Apr 16, 2026
Research Description: The WP YouTube Lyte plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'lyte' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.29 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Affected versions: max 1.7.30.
Status: vulnerable