🔐 CVE Alert

CVE-2024-3244

MEDIUM 6.4

EmbedPress – Embed PDF, Google Docs, Vimeo, Wistia, Embed YouTube Videos, Audios, Maps & Embed Any Documents in Gutenberg & Elementor <= 3.9.14 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode

CVSS Score
6.4
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

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 plugin's 'embedpress_calendar' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 3.9.14 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.

CWE CWE-79
Vendor wpdevteam
Product embedpress – pdf embedder, embed youtube videos, 3d flipbook, social feeds, docs & more
Published Apr 9, 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 ≤ 3.9.14

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗
wordfence.com: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/778d8443-fc0f-4e97-8460-e5ceee8b62a1?source=cve plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/embedpress/tags/3.9.13/EmbedPress/ThirdParty/Googlecalendar/Embedpress_Google_Helper.php#L657 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3064544/embedpress/tags/3.9.15/EmbedPress/ThirdParty/Googlecalendar/Embedpress_Google_Helper.php

Credits

wesley