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.

1Reported vulnerabilities

5.3Highest 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 2.0.9 or later. Some of these have no published fix. Update to the latest version and check the vendor advisory.

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-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.