🔐 CVE Alert

CVE-2024-1349

MEDIUM 6.4

EmbedPress <= 3.9.8 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode

CVSS Score
6.4
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

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 shortcode(s) in all versions up to, and including, 3.9.8 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.

CWE CWE-79
Vendor wpdevteam
Product embedpress – pdf embedder, embed youtube videos, 3d flipbook, social feeds, docs & more
Published Feb 20, 2024
Last Updated Apr 8, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability

Affected Versions

wpdevteam / EmbedPress – PDF Embedder, Embed YouTube Videos, 3D FlipBook, Social feeds, Docs & more
0 ≤ 3.9.8

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗
wordfence.com: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/631d200f-7b0b-4105-b91e-030af459ba99?source=cve plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/embedpress/tags/3.9.8/EmbedPress/Shortcode.php plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3035539%40embedpress%2Ftrunk&old=3029957%40embedpress%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=

Credits

Richard Telleng