---
id: CVE-2026-84937
title: >-
  The Video Player for YouTube  WordPress plugin before 2.1.0 does not properly
  sanitise and escape user-supplied input before using it in a SQL statement,
  allowing users with the Contributor role and above to perform SQL injection
  attacks…
summary: >-
  The Video Player for YouTube  WordPress plugin before 2.1.0 does not properly
  sanitise and escape user-supplied input before using it in a SQL statement,
  allowing users with the Contributor role and above to perform SQL injection
  attacks…
severity: medium
cvss: 6.8
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-89
published: '2026-09-05'
updated: '2026-09-08'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-08T19:15:18.627'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-84937'
references:
  - url: 'https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/5f81c233-8544-4a7b-a1c6-e447dc889a8d/'
    label: contact@wpscan.com
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00391
epssPercentile: 0.30508
ingestedAt: '2026-09-06T11:54:30.476Z'
---

## Overview

The Video Player for YouTube  WordPress plugin before 2.1.0 does not properly sanitise and escape user-supplied input before using it in a SQL statement, allowing users with the Contributor role and above to perform SQL injection attacks and read arbitrary data from the database.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.