Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in EmbedPress Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2023-4283

5.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Wordpress
Status
EmbedPress – Embed PDF, YouTube, Google Docs, Vimeo, Wistia Videos, Audios, Maps & Any Documents in Gutenberg & Elementor
Vendor
CVE Published:
10 August 2023

Summary

The EmbedPress plugin for WordPress is susceptible to Stored Cross-Site Scripting due to inadequate input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied attributes within the 'embedpress_calendar' shortcode. This vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with contributor-level access and higher to inject arbitrary scripts into web pages. Consequently, these scripts can execute whenever a user visits an affected page, leading to potential data compromise and session hijacking.

Affected Version(s)

EmbedPress – Embed PDF, YouTube, Google Docs, Vimeo, Wistia Videos, Audios, Maps & Any Documents in Gutenberg & Elementor * <= 3.8.2

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/embedpress/tag...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2950211/embe...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.4
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Lana Codes
.