CVE-2024-1565
EmbedPress <= 3.9.10 - Authenticated(Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via PDF Widget URL
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 6.4 Medium
- Published
- Jun 13, 2024
- Updated
- Apr 8, 2026
- Reserved
- Feb 15, 2024
Description
The EmbedPress – Embed PDF, YouTube, Google Docs, Vimeo, Wistia Videos, Audios, Maps & Any Documents in Gutenberg & Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the PDF Widget URL in all versions up to, and including, 3.9.10 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 6.4 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N | Wordfence |
Weaknesses
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
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/caa97ae8-40a8-4ca1-820b-83675c053bfc?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/embedpress/tags/3.9.8/EmbedPress/Elementor/Widgets/Embedpress_Pdf.php#L705
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3037767%40embedpress&new=3037767%40embedpress&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=#file1
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