CVE-2024-13156

HTML5 Video Player – mp4 Video Player Plugin and Block <= 2.5.35 - Authenticated (Contributor+) DOM-Based Stored Cross-Site Scripting via heading Parameter

6.4 Medium

The HTML5 Video Player – mp4 Video Player Plugin and Block plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to DOM-Based Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘heading’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 2.5.35 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. 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.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

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

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: Low
Integrity: Low
Availability: None

Exploit likelihood

0.36%Up 0.3 points since Jan 15, 2025

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 6.4

HTML5 Video Player – mp4 Video Player Plugin and Block <= 2.5.35 - Authenticated (Contributor+) DOM-Based Stored Cross-Site Scripting via heading Parameter

Record: CVE-2024-13156
CVSS 3.1: 6.4 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness: CWE-79
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2024-51382 6.4

Record: EUVD-2024-51382
CVSS 3.1: 6.4 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Updated: 2026-11-02

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-53jv-jjq8-6444 6.4

The HTML5 Video Player – mp4 Video Player Plugin and Block plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to...

Record: GHSA-53jv-jjq8-6444
CVSS 3.1: 6.4 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness: CWE-79
Updated: 2026-11-02

NVD 6.4

Record: CVE-2024-13156
CVSS 3.1: 6.4 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness: CWE-79
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

bplugins html5 video player – embed and play videos in custom player

History

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

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

In short

CVE-2024-13156 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.4) in Bplugins Html5 Video Player – Embed And Play Videos In Custom Player, published January 14, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.36%, the 30th percentile. No source names a fixed version.