---
id: "CVE-2026-54864"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2026-54864"]
title: "Post Video Players WordPress plugin: unauthenticated XSS through versions 1.165"
severity: "high"
cvss: 7.1
epss: null
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "package"
products: []
ecosystems: []
tags: ["package", "post-video-players", "wordpress"]
not_affected_if: ["plugin-not-installed"]
published_at: "2026-10-29T16:18:10+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-29T16:25:59+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-29T16:29:59+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-54864", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-29T16:25:59+00:00"}]
---

# Post Video Players WordPress plugin: unauthenticated XSS through versions 1.165

The Post Video Players plugin for WordPress has a cross-site scripting flaw in versions up to and including 1.165. An unauthenticated visitor can inject script that runs in other users' browsers.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## How to check

- Check the installed plugin version in the WordPress admin plugin list or in the plugin's main file header.

## Fix

- Move the Post Video Players plugin to a version newer than `1.165`; the sources do not name the fixed version.

## Timeline

- 2026-10-29T16:25:59+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-54864

## From the sources

Unauthenticated Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in Post Video Players <= 1.165 versions.

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