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Vulnerability Database/CVE-2025-53212

CVE-2025-53212: Revolution Video Player XSS Vulnerability

CVE-2025-53212 is a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability in Revolution Video Player With Bottom Playlist by LambertGroup that allows attackers to inject malicious scripts. This post covers technical details, affected versions, and mitigation.

Updated: May 15, 2026

CVE-2025-53212 Overview

CVE-2025-53212 is a reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the LambertGroup Revolution Video Player With Bottom Playlist WordPress plugin. The flaw affects all versions up to and including 2.9.2 and is tracked under CWE-79. The plugin fails to properly neutralize user-supplied input before reflecting it back in generated web pages. Attackers can craft malicious URLs that execute arbitrary JavaScript in a victim's browser when clicked.

Critical Impact

Successful exploitation lets attackers execute scripts in the context of the victim's session, enabling session theft, credential harvesting, and unauthorized actions against WordPress sites running the affected plugin.

Affected Products

  • LambertGroup Revolution Video Player With Bottom Playlist (revolution-video-player) — all versions through 2.9.2
  • WordPress sites with the plugin installed and active
  • Site visitors and administrators interacting with crafted plugin URLs

Discovery Timeline

  • 2025-08-20 - CVE-2025-53212 published to NVD
  • 2026-04-23 - Last updated in NVD database

Technical Details for CVE-2025-53212

Vulnerability Analysis

The vulnerability is a reflected XSS flaw rooted in improper input neutralization during web page generation. The plugin echoes attacker-controlled request parameters back into the HTML response without adequate encoding or sanitization. When a victim loads a crafted URL, the injected payload executes in their browser under the origin of the WordPress site.

Exploitation requires user interaction, typically by tricking a victim into clicking a malicious link delivered through phishing, chat, or a third-party site. Because the scope changes when scripts execute in the browser, attackers can target authenticated WordPress administrators to perform privileged actions. The EPSS score sits at 0.042% (12.96 percentile), indicating low observed exploitation activity at this time.

Root Cause

The root cause is missing or insufficient output encoding on user-controlled input reflected by the revolution-video-player plugin. Parameters passed in HTTP requests reach HTML output paths without being escaped using context-appropriate functions such as esc_html(), esc_attr(), or esc_url() from the WordPress API.

Attack Vector

The attack vector is network-based with low complexity and requires no privileges. An attacker crafts a URL containing a malicious script payload aimed at a vulnerable endpoint exposed by the plugin. The victim must click the link, after which the reflected payload runs in their browser session against the affected WordPress site.

The vulnerability manifests when request parameters are concatenated into HTML output without escaping. See the Patchstack WordPress Vulnerability advisory for technical details.

Detection Methods for CVE-2025-53212

Indicators of Compromise

  • HTTP requests to revolution-video-player plugin endpoints containing <script>, javascript:, onerror=, or onload= substrings in query parameters
  • URL-encoded payloads such as %3Cscript%3E or %22%3E%3Csvg directed at plugin URLs
  • Referrer chains showing victims arriving at the WordPress site from external phishing domains
  • Unexpected outbound requests from administrator browsers to attacker-controlled domains immediately after visiting plugin pages

Detection Strategies

  • Inspect web server access logs for plugin URLs that include HTML or JavaScript metacharacters in query strings
  • Deploy a Web Application Firewall (WAF) with OWASP Core Rule Set signatures for reflected XSS targeting WordPress plugins
  • Use Content Security Policy (CSP) violation reports to identify inline script execution attempts
  • Correlate phishing email telemetry with WordPress administrator sessions to surface social-engineering delivery chains

Monitoring Recommendations

  • Enable verbose HTTP request logging on WordPress sites and forward logs to a centralized analytics platform for anomaly review
  • Monitor WordPress plugin inventory for revolution-video-player versions at or below 2.9.2
  • Track administrator account activity for unexpected privilege changes, new users, or modifications to themes and plugins
  • Alert on JavaScript-bearing query parameters in URLs matching plugin-specific paths

How to Mitigate CVE-2025-53212

Immediate Actions Required

  • Identify all WordPress installations running the Revolution Video Player With Bottom Playlist plugin and document versions
  • Deactivate and remove the plugin until a vendor-supplied fix above 2.9.2 is confirmed available
  • Rotate WordPress administrator credentials and invalidate active sessions if the plugin has been publicly exposed
  • Review audit logs for suspicious administrator actions occurring after the publication date

Patch Information

At the time of NVD publication, no fixed version above 2.9.2 is referenced in the advisory. Refer to the Patchstack advisory for current vendor status and patch availability. Apply any vendor update immediately once published.

Workarounds

  • Remove or disable the revolution-video-player plugin until a patched release is available
  • Deploy WAF rules that block requests containing script tags, event handlers, or javascript: URIs to plugin endpoints
  • Implement a strict Content Security Policy that disallows inline scripts and restricts script sources to trusted origins
  • Require administrators to use isolated browser profiles and avoid clicking untrusted links to WordPress URLs
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# Example WAF rule (ModSecurity) to block reflected XSS payloads against the plugin
SecRule REQUEST_URI "@contains /wp-content/plugins/revolution-video-player/" \
    "chain,id:1005321,phase:2,deny,status:403,log,msg:'Blocked XSS attempt against revolution-video-player'"
    SecRule ARGS "@rx (?i)(<script|javascript:|onerror=|onload=|<svg)" "t:none,t:urlDecodeUni"

Disclaimer: This content was generated using AI. While we strive for accuracy, please verify critical information with official sources.

  • Vulnerability Details
  • TypeXSS

  • Vendor/TechRevolution Video Player

  • SeverityHIGH

  • CVSS Score7.1

  • EPSS Probability0.04%

  • Known ExploitedNo
  • CVSS Vector
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
  • Impact Assessment
  • ConfidentialityLow
  • IntegrityLow
  • AvailabilityLow
  • CWE References
  • CWE-79
  • Technical References
  • Patchstack WordPress Vulnerability
  • Related CVEs
  • CVE-2025-31058: Revolution Video Player XSS Vulnerability
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