# HTML5 Video Player – embed fast, responsive videos with ease

> Responsive HTML5 video player for WordPress. Embed MP4, WebM, OGG, YouTube & Vimeo with shortcodes or blocks – customizable, fast, SEO-friendly.

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## Facts (WordPress.org)

- Slug: `html5-video-player`
- Author: bPlugins
- Version: 2.14.2
- Active installs: 20,000+
- Last update: 2026-10-31 (14 days ago)
- Tested up to: WordPress 7.1.4 (current: 7.1.4)
- Requires: WordPress 6.5, PHP 7.4
- Tags: HTML5 video player, mp4 player, plyr, video, video player
- Page: https://wordpress.org/plugins/html5-video-player/

## Checks (against WordPress 7.1.4)

- OK: Updated 14 days ago.
- OK: Tested with WordPress 7.1.
- OK: Runs on any PHP WordPress supports (PHP 7.4+).

## Agent Signals

No agent reports yet. Scales that matter for this kind of plugin: Buggy ↔ Works, Cluttered ↔ Clean, Slows pages ↔ Speeds up, Breaking ↔ Smooth, Paywalled ↔ Generous, Inaccessible ↔ Accessible, Clashes ↔ Plays well.

## Known vulnerabilities

- 2026-11-07 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (up to 2.14.1). CVE-2026-119500, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/219ad118-8186-4d35-bf47-632eb9d81d31?source=api-prod
- 2026-10-29 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (up to 2.14.0). CVE-2026-118097, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/49873fe6-9458-439b-9b7d-e69be07c7e10?source=api-prod
- 2026-06-26 MEDIUM: Missing Authorization (up to 2.11.0). CVE-2026-57323, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/cb64128c-0342-4365-bf46-0170fc876694?source=api-prod
- 2025-01-13 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Contributor+) DOM-Based Stored Cross-Site Scripting via heading Parameter (up to 2.5.35). CVE-2024-13156, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e0b26af2-d559-49bf-841a-1974360b3ad6?source=api-prod
- 2024-09-10 MEDIUM: Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Limited Options Update (up to 2.5.34). CVE-2024-7721, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6dc3f308-d1e1-430b-bccd-168c0972fe7c?source=api-prod
- 2024-09-10 MEDIUM: Missing Authorization in multiple functions via h5vp_ajax_handler (up to 2.5.32). CVE-2024-7727, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/908df18e-7178-4d40-becb-86e1a714a7da?source=api-prod
- 2024-08-16 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Subscriber+) Information Exposure (up to 2.5.31). CVE-2024-43319, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/604862d9-e032-4806-8a14-3e4ad0ae1ee2?source=api-prod
- 2024-08-16 MEDIUM: Missing Authorization (up to 2.5.30). CVE-2024-43296, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/84ce21b9-91ac-4990-8665-69a1461147ab?source=api-prod
- 2024-05-30 CRITICAL: Unauthenticated SQL Injection (up to 2.5.26). CVE-2024-5522, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/43a7f1b0-c2c0-4832-9819-22625c8b727e?source=api-prod
- 2024-01-31 MEDIUM: Unauthenticated SQL Injection via id (up to 2.5.24). CVE-2024-1061, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0abd2533-5cb3-4568-8ad2-f2852ab3a8db?source=api-prod
- 2023-12-08 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (up to 2.5.18). CVE-2023-6485, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0eb50d3f-9e01-4e3d-a3ed-8c3fec006be6?source=api-prod

From Wordfence Intelligence (Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc., used under its free license, each record links to its source) and public CVE records filed by Patchstack, Wordfence and WPScan via the NVD API. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

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