CVE-2024-5571
The EmbedPress – Embed PDF, Google Docs, Vimeo, Wistia, Embed YouTube Videos, Audios, Maps & Embed Any Documents in Gutenberg & Elementor plugin for WordPress …
Impact
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 'url' attribute within the plugin's EmbedPress PDF widget in all versions up to, and including, 4.0.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Wpdeveloper | Embedpress | before 4.0.2 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/embedpress/tags/4.0.0/EmbedPress/Elementor/Widgets/Embedpress_Pdf.php#L690
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3097114/
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7becdab6-f952-4649-8cea-4efadf841619?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/embedpress/tags/4.0.0/EmbedPress/Elementor/Widgets/Embedpress_Pdf.php#L690
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3097114/
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7becdab6-f952-4649-8cea-4efadf841619?source=cve