vulnerability
WordPress Plugin: embedpress: CVE-2024-1803: Improper Authorization
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N) | May 22, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | Apr 30, 2026 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
May 22, 2024
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Apr 30, 2026
Description
The EmbedPress – Embed PDF, Google Docs, Vimeo, Wistia, Embed YouTube Videos, Audios, Maps and Embed Any Documents in Gutenberg and Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of functionality due to insufficient authorization validation on the PDF embed block in all versions up to, and including, 3.9.12. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to embed PDF blocks.
Solution
embedpress-plugin-cve-2024-1803
References
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-1803
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/175e08ce-aec2-427a-90e0-f955711d58b2?source=api-prod
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2024-17528
- CVE-2024-1803
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2024-1803
- CWE-285
- CWE-863
- EUVD-EUVD-2024-17528
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