WordPress plugin · mdc-youtube-downloader
Is MDC YouTube Downloader safe?
Closed. Replace it.
wordpress.org closed it on Nov 8, 2024 (security issue), so it gets no more security fixes, and 3 flaws are on record. If your site runs it, move to a maintained alternative.
- Flaws on record
- 3
- High or critical
- 2
- Exploited
- none
Every recorded flaw
- Jan 16, 2025MDC YouTube Downloader: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)CVE-2025-23639 · affects up to 3.0.0 · reported by PatchstackHigh 7.1
- Nov 19, 2024MDC YouTube Downloader: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')CVE-2024-51875 · affects up to 3.0.0 · reported by PatchstackMedium 6.5
- May 23, 2017Absolute path traversal vulnerability in the MDC YouTube Downloader plugin 2.1.0 for WordPress allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a full pathnaCVE-2015-5469 · affects 2.1.0 to 2.1.0 · reported by MITRE10% oddsHigh 7.5
Records come from the National Vulnerability Database, published by the researchers who found each flaw (Wordfence, Patchstack, WPScan and others); exploited status from CISA; exploit odds from FIRST’s EPSS; current version, installs and closures from wordpress.org, checked daily. Want every plugin on your site checked at once? Run the free website check.
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