CVE-2026-84937

MEDIUMPre-NVD 6.86.8—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 6.8 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-09-05. CISA-ADP (Vulnrichment) CVSS v3.1 baseline 6.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: cisa-adp, epss, ghsa
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
6.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 6.8Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

The Video Player for YouTube WordPress plugin before 2.1.0 does not properly sanitise and escape user-supplied input before using it in a SQL statement, allowing users with the Contributor role and above to perform SQL injection attacks and read arbitrary data from the database.

CVSS v3
6.8
EG Score
6.8(high)
EG Risk
31(Track)
EG Risk 31/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity68% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
30%
KEV
Not listed

Published

September 5, 2026

Last Modified

September 8, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Sep 6, 2026
🔬 Proof of concept available. No patch confirmed yet.
generic🟡 PoC Available

YT Player < 2.1.0 – Contributor+ SQLi via ytp_ajax | CVE 2026-84937 | Plugin Vulnerabilities

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/5f81c233-8544-4a7b-a1c6-e447dc889a8d/

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-84937(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 21× in last 7d / 62× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-09-25 04:02 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-09-25 04:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-09-24 14:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-09-24 06:15 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-09-24 06:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-09-23 17:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-09-23 08:29 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-09-23 08:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-09-22 16:01 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-09-22 10:42 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-09-22 10:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-09-21 21:09 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-09-21 12:56 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-09-21 12:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-09-20 20:16 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-09-20 15:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-09-19 17:23 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-09-19 17:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-09-18 19:37 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-09-18 19:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-09-18 19:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-09-17 21:50 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-09-17 21:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-09-17 19:32 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-09-17 00:01 UTCEG score recompute
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  1. 2026-09-17 00:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-09-16 14:09 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-09-16 05:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-09-16 02:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-09-15 04:25 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-09-15 04:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-09-15 03:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-09-15 03:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-09-14 06:37 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-09-14 06:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-09-13 08:51 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-09-13 08:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-09-12 11:05 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-09-12 11:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-09-11 14:53 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-09-11 14:53 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-09-11 13:16 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-09-11 13:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-09-10 15:29 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-09-10 15:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-09-09 17:42 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-09-09 17:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-09-08 22:01 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-09-08 19:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-09-08 07:01 UTCEG score recompute
  26. 2026-09-08 07:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  27. 2026-09-07 09:14 UTCEG score recompute
  28. 2026-09-07 09:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  29. 2026-09-06 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  30. 2026-09-06 11:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  31. 2026-09-06 10:29 UTCEG score recompute▲ 6.80
  32. 2026-09-06 10:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  33. 2026-09-06 10:29 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 6.8 · severity → MEDIUM
  34. 2026-09-05 15:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  35. 2026-09-05 07:23 UTCNVD update
  36. 2026-09-05 06:34 UTCEG score recompute
  37. 2026-09-05 06:33 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-84937?
CVE-2026-84937 is a medium vulnerability published on September 5, 2026. The Video Player for YouTube WordPress plugin before 2.1.0 does not properly sanitise and escape user-supplied input before using it in a SQL statement, allowing users with the Contributor role and above to perform SQL injection attacks and read arbitrary data from the database.
When was CVE-2026-84937 disclosed?
CVE-2026-84937 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on September 5, 2026, with the most recent update on September 8, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-84937 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-84937 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 69.6% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-84937?
CVE-2026-84937 has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.8 (CISA-ADP / Vulnrichment enrichment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-84937?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-84937, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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