CVE-2026-96895: CWE-79 Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in WP YouTube Lyte
The WP YouTube Lyte WordPress plugin before 1.7.31 does not escape some attributes of YouTube embed blocks before outputting them in an HTML attribute when rendering the block, which could allow users with a role as low as contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.
CVE-2026-96895: CWE-79 Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in WP YouTube Lyte
Description
The WP YouTube Lyte WordPress plugin before 1.7.31 does not escape some attributes of YouTube embed blocks before outputting them in an HTML attribute when rendering the block, which could allow users with a role as low as contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.
Affected software
WP YouTube Lyte
Weaknesses
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- WPScan
- Date Reserved
- 2026-09-23T19:47:44.228Z
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6ab8b2d7f7a7c54106aa92e2
Added to database: 09/27/2026, 06:08:23 UTC
Last updated: 09/27/2026, 06:08:23 UTC
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