Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in EmbedPress Plugin
CVE-2024-2688

5.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Wordpress
Status
Embedpress – Embed PDF, Google Docs, Vimeo, Wistia, Embed Youtube Videos, Audios, Maps & Embed Any Documents In Gutenberg & Elementor
Vendor
CVE Published:
23 March 2024

Summary

The EmbedPress plugin for WordPress is susceptible to a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability through its document widget. This vulnerability arises from inadequate sanitization of user input and failing to escape outputs for user-supplied attributes. Authenticated attackers with contributor-level access or higher can exploit this flaw to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages. These scripts will execute in the context of user sessions, potentially compromising user data and leading to further exploitation.

Affected Version(s)

EmbedPress – Embed PDF, Google Docs, Vimeo, Wistia, Embed YouTube Videos, Audios, Maps & Embed Any Documents in Gutenberg & Elementor * <= 3.9.12

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&s...

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:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Ngô Thiên An
Son Tran
.