CVE-2023-6986

moderate-risk
Published 2024-01-03

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.

Do I need to act?

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0.12% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
6
CVSS 6.4/10 Medium
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Wpdeveloper

References (6)

Product https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/embedpress/trunk/EmbedPress/Shortcode.php
Patch https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old...
Patch https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ceae0115-268c-401b-876...
Product https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/embedpress/trunk/EmbedPress/Shortcode.php
Patch https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old...
Patch https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ceae0115-268c-401b-876...
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moderate-risk
Severity 24/34 · High
Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal