CVE-2024-2468

MEDIUM

EmbedPress <3.9.12 - XSS

Title source: llm

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 EmbedPress widget 'embedpress_pro_twitch_theme ' attribute in all versions up to, and including, 3.9.12 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.

References (2)

[Patch] https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3055856%40embedpress&new=3055856%40embedpress&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=

[Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ce3f1310-4d2e-45aa-a3ee-3972a6a31c2e?source=cve

Scores

CVSS v3 6.4

EPSS 0.0009

EPSS Percentile 24.7%

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 < 3.9.12

Timeline

Published Mar 23, 2024

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026