Plugin inspection:

YouTube

Potentially unsafe

Last revised:

Confidence: Medium
This plugin has been given a short, targeted code review.

Before using this plugin, you should very carefully consider its potential problems and should conduct a thorough assessment. Read more about this recommendation.

Warnings

The version of this plugin that this recommendation was based on is known to be vulnerable to attack:

This recommendation applies to version 11.8.1 of this plugin, but the most recent version is 14.2.1.2. These findings may no longer be correct.

Findings

  • Does not protect against CSRF. An attacker can change all of the plugin’s settings, including text which is output in the front-end.

Reason for the 'Potentially unsafe' result

The plugin contains or is likely to contain a vulnerability which could be exploited by an end user and which would compromise the site’s confidentiality, integrity or availability:

Failure criteria

  • Unsafe request processing

Read more about our failure criteria.