Responsive video embed

Responsive video embed has one disclosed vulnerability in the WordSec catalog, all reported in 2024; it is fixed as of September 2026. Their average CVSS score is 6.4, and the most serious one scores 6.4 out of 10.

The most common weakness is Cross-Site Scripting, behind 1 of the records (100%).

The one issue recorded for Responsive video embed has a vendor fix available, so running the current release closes it.

All of these findings were reported by Felipe Caon. Responsive video embed is installed on roughly 900 WordPress sites, so each unpatched flaw has a wide blast radius. The current release is tested up to WordPress 6.8.8.

Strategic Overview

Avg CVSSMedium
6.4/ 10
Patch Coverage100%
Open

0

Fixed

1

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Highest severity on recordCVSS 6.4CVE-2024-5475

Responsive video embed <= 0.5 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

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Vulnerability Records

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Plugin Profile
Latestv0.5.2

Responsive video embed

lepileppanen

Author

lepileppanen

4.8(5)
96/100
Last Updated
2025-08-16 (1y ago)
Active Installs
900+
Downloads
13,838
Requires WP
3.0.1+
Requires PHP
0+
Tested up to
WP 6.8.8
Created
2017-01-21 (10y ago)

Responsive video embed plugin is a lightweight and simple video embedding plugin that will create responsive video embeds to your site. It is possible to create responsive video embed by: 1) Simply copy pasting embed video URL into editor 2) Using a shortcode manually [rve src=”embed video url” ratio=”video aspect ratio”] src = URL of the embedded video ratio = either ’16by9&#8242; / &#8216;4by3&#8242; / ’21by9’ / &#8216;1by1’ (optional), 16by9 is by default 3) Using the shortcode automatically by clicking on Embed video button and typing in video embed URL and selecting aspect ratio.

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