CVE-2026-9125 PUBLISHED

The Ultimate Video Player For WordPress <= 4.2.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'link_url' Shortcode Attribute

Assigner: Wordfence
Reserved: 20.05.2026 Published: 12.06.2026 Updated: 12.06.2026

The Presto Player plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'link_url' parameter of the [presto_player_overlay] shortcode in versions up to, and including, 4.2.0 This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the getOverlays() function, which copies the link_url shortcode attribute directly into the overlay configuration without scheme validation, allowing javascript: URIs to survive and be rendered as the href of a clickable anchor element by the presto-dynamic-overlay-ui web component. 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.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS Score: 6.4

Product Status

Vendor 2winfactor
Product Presto Player
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 4.2.0 (incl.)

Credits

  • Dmitrii Ignatyev finder

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') CWE