What is CVE-2022-1334?

CVE-2022-1334 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wp Youtube Live Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2022-05-16.

How severe is CVE-2022-1334?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-1334 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Wp Youtube Live Project

CVE-2022-1334

The WP YouTube Live WordPress plugin before 1.8.3 does not validate, sanitise and escape various of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when unfiltered_html is disallowed

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2022-05-16 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (50.1th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 50th percentile — 50.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Wp Youtube Live Project
Wp Youtube Live — versions 1.8.3

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/af3b32c9-f386-4bb6-a362-86a27f49a739 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-1334?: CVE-2022-1334 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wp Youtube Live Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2022-05-16.
How severe is CVE-2022-1334?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-1334 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.