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Vulnerability · CVE-2024-5522

bplugins html5_video_player Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

Published Sep 27, 2026 · catalog updated Sep 27, 2026 · bplugins html5_video_player Improper Neutralization

Patch now

CVE-2024-5522 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm bplugins html5_video_player Improper Neutralization against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Gaps on this record

  • The stored product name is a package slug. The name on this page is taken from the title (bplugins html5_video_player Improper Neutralization).
  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
Severity
Unknown—
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
2.62%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
vendor bplugins html5_video_player

The HTML5 Video Player WordPress plugin before 2.5.27 does not sanitize and escape a parameter from a REST route before using it in a SQL statement, allowing unauthenticated users to perform SQL injection attacks

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • vendor bplugins html5_video_playerversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2024-5522

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2024-5522 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm bplugins html5_video_player Improper Neutralization against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 2.62%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Technology hubs

WordPress security

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Sep 27, 2026 · VulnCheck KEV

    Detected

    The HTML5 Video Player WordPress plugin before 2.5.27 does not sanitize and escape a parameter from a REST route before using it in a SQL statement, allowing unauthenticated users to perform SQL injection attacks

  2. Sep 27, 2026 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2024-5522

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2024-5522

    30-day exploitation probability 2.6%

    first.org
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2024-5522

    The HTML5 Video Player WordPress plugin before 2.5.27 does not sanitize and escape a parameter from a REST route before using it in a SQL statement, allowing unauthenticated users to perform SQL injection attacks

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.