Known vulnerabilities in Video Background Block – Add Stunning Video Backgrounds to Any Section

Add self-hosted, YouTube, or Vimeo video backgrounds to your site with flexible overlay, playback, and responsive controls .

1Reported vulnerabilities

7.2Highest CVSS score

2.0.3Latest version

2,000+Active installs

What to do now

Update Video Background Block – Add Stunning Video Backgrounds to Any Section to 2.0.3 or later. Some of these have no published fix. Update to the latest version and check the vendor advisory.

Plugin last updated: October 8, 2026 / Tested up to WordPress: 7.1.3 / View on wordpress.org

Reported vulnerabilities

Ordered by how urgently they need attention — whether a vulnerability is actually being exploited, and how likely exploitation is, rather than CVSS severity alone.

CVE	Severity	Exploit probability next 30 days	Affected versions	Fixed in	Published
CVE-2026-42634	High 7.2	0.3%	2.0.3 and earlier	—	October 5, 2026

Sources: vulnerability records from NVD, exploitation from CISA KEV, exploit probability from EPSS. Affected versions come from CPE ranges or from the reporting CNA.