vulnerability
WordPress Plugin: embedpress: CVE-2023-6986: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N) | Jan 2, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | Apr 30, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
Jan 2, 2024
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Apr 30, 2026
Description
The EmbedPress – Embed PDF, YouTube, Google Docs, Vimeo, Wistia Videos, Audios, Maps and Any Documents in Gutenberg and 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.
Solution
embedpress-plugin-cve-2023-6986
References
Rapid7 Labs
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