CVE-2022-1187

WP YouTube Live <= 1.7.21 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

6.1 Medium

The WordPress WP YouTube Live Plugin is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via POST data found in the ~/inc/admin.php file which allows unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in versions up to, and including, 1.7.21.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: None
User interaction: Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: Low
Integrity: Low
Availability: None

Exploit likelihood

1.31%Up 0.4 points since Apr 20, 2022

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 6.1

WP YouTube Live <= 1.7.21 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Record: CVE-2022-1187
CVSS 3.1: 6.1 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness: CWE-79, CWE-79
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2022-24527 6.1

Record: EUVD-2022-24527
CVSS 3.1: 6.1 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Updated: 2026-11-02

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-9r4g-gmfh-6gxg 6.1

The WordPress WP YouTube Live Plugin is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via POST...

Record: GHSA-9r4g-gmfh-6gxg
CVSS 3.1: 6.1 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness: CWE-79
Updated: 2026-11-02

NVD 6.1

Record: CVE-2022-1187
CVSS 3.1: 6.1 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS 2.0: 4.3 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weakness: CWE-79
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSV 6.1

WP YouTube Live <= 1.7.21 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Record: CVE-2022-1187
CVSS 3.1: 6.1 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness: CWE-79
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2022-1187 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) in Andrewrminion Wp Youtube Live, published April 19, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.31%, the 70th percentile. No source names a fixed version.