CVE-2024-2128
EmbedPress – Embed PDF, Google Docs, Vimeo, Wistia, Embed YouTube Videos, Audios, Maps & Embed Any Documents in Gutenberg & Elementor <= 3.9.10 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via EmbedPress PDF Widget
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 6.4 Medium
- Published
- Mar 7, 2024
- Updated
- Apr 8, 2026
- Reserved
- Mar 1, 2024
Description
The EmbedPress – Embed PDF, Google Docs, Vimeo, Wistia, Embed YouTube Videos, Audios, Maps & Embed Any Documents in Gutenberg & Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's embed widget 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/6189368d-5925-4c84-9f0f-694b9ebcd45e?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/embedpress/tags/3.9.10/EmbedPress/Elementor/Widgets/Embedpress_Pdf.php#L688
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3045489%40embedpress&new=3045489%40embedpress&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
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