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CVE-2023-6986

EmbedPress – Embed PDF, YouTube, Google Docs, Vimeo, Wistia Videos, Audios, Maps & Any Documents in Gutenberg & Elementor <= 3.9.5 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 3.9.5
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

The EmbedPress – Embed PDF, YouTube, Google Docs, Vimeo, Wistia Videos, Audios, Maps & Any Documents in Gutenberg & Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's embed_oembed_html shortcode in all versions up to 3.9.5 (exclusive) due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • wpdevteam EmbedPress – PDF Embedder, Embed YouTube Videos, 3D FlipBook, Social feeds, Docs & more

    fixed in 3.9.5

References 3

wordfence.com

plugins.svn.wordpress.org

plugins.trac.wordpress.org