Known vulnerabilities in Video Player for YouTube – embed videos your visitors will love to watch

A modern, accessible, fully customizable YouTube video player for WordPress. Embed videos with a simple shortcode – responsive and lightweight.

3Reported vulnerabilities

6.5Highest CVSS score

2.0.9Latest version

1,000+Active installs

What to do now

Update Video Player for YouTube – embed videos your visitors will love to watch to 2.1.0 or later. 2 of these have a fixed version available. Updating resolves them.

Plugin last updated: August 6, 2026 / Tested up to WordPress: 7.0.4 / 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-2021-24414	Medium 5.4	0.6%	Before 1.4	`1.4`	October 25, 2021
CVE-2026-84937	Medium 6.5	0.4%	Before 2.1.0	`2.1.0`	September 5, 2026
CVE-2026-27422	Medium 5.3	0.3%	2.0.9 and earlier	—	July 22, 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.