CVE-2024-50440

WordPress CodePen Embedded Pens Shortcode plugin <= 1.0.2 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

State: Published
Severity: 6.5 Medium
Published: Oct 28, 2024
Updated: Apr 28, 2026
Reserved: Oct 24, 2024

Description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Chris Coyier CodePen Embedded Pens Shortcode codepen-embedded-pen-shortcode allows Stored XSS.This issue affects CodePen Embedded Pens Shortcode: from n/a through <= 1.0.2.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	6.5 Medium	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L	Patchstack

Weaknesses

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Affected Products

Product	Versions
CodePen Embedded Pens ShortcodeChris Coyier	1.0.2 and earlierAffectedfrom 1.0.3Not affected

References

https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/codepen-embedded-pen-shortcode/vulnerability/wordpress-codepen-embedded-pens-shortcode-plugin-1-0-2-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cvevdb-entry

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