CVE-2023-3371
EmbedPress <= 3.7.3 - Sensitive Information Exposure
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 5.3 Medium
- Published
- Jun 27, 2023
- Updated
- Apr 8, 2026
- Reserved
- Jun 22, 2023
Description
The EmbedPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure due to hardcoded encryption key on the 'lock_content_form_handler' and 'display_password_form' function in versions up to, and including, 3.7.3. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to decrypt and view the password protected content.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 5.3 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N | Wordfence |
Weaknesses
- CWE-321 Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
EmbedPress – PDF Embedder, Embed YouTube Videos, 3D FlipBook, Social feeds, Docs & morewpdevteam |
|
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c1033b4d-82a0-4484-aebf-f35d6a2a9a13?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/embedpress/tags/3.7.3/Gutenberg/block-backend/block-embedpress.php#L30
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/embedpress/tags/3.7.3/EmbedPress/Includes/Classes/Helper.php#L231
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/embedpress/tags/3.7.3/EmbedPress/Includes/Classes/Helper.php#L278
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2930523/embedpress#file10
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2930523/embedpress#file28
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