CVE-2024-1802

MEDIUM

Wpdeveloper Embedpress < 3.9.10 - XSS

Title source: rule

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 Wistia embed block in all versions up to, and including, 3.9.10 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on the user supplied url. 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.

References (2)

[Patch] https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3045489%40embedpress&new=3045489%40embedpress&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=

[Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/48511d1a-2fd5-4be4-8409-e99d4aadcdfe?source=cve

Scores

CVSS v3 6.4

EPSS 0.0008

EPSS Percentile 24.2%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Classification

CWE

CWE-79

Status published

Affected Products (1)

wpdeveloper/embedpress < 3.9.10

Timeline

Published Mar 07, 2024

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026