EmbedPress < 3.9.2 - Reflected XSS
CVE-2023-5749

6.1MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor: Wordpress
Status: EmbedPress
Vendor: CVE Published:; 11 December 2023

What is CVE-2023-5749?

The EmbedPress WordPress plugin before 3.9.2 does not sanitise and escape user input before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin

Affected Version(s)

EmbedPress 0 < 3.9.2

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/3931daac-3899-4169-8625-...

exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description

CVSS V3.1

Score:

6.1

Severity:

MEDIUM

Confidentiality:

Low

Integrity:

Low

Availability:

Low

Attack Vector:

Network

Attack Complexity:

Low

Privileges Required:

None

User Interaction:

Required

Scope:

Changed

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Timeline

Vulnerability published
Dec 11, 2023
Vulnerability Reserved
Oct 24, 2023

Credit

Krzysztof Zając

WPScan