CVE-2024-1425CWE-79

EmbedPress <= 3.9.8 - Authenticated(Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Google Calendar Widget Link

Medium · published February 20, 2024

CVSS v3.1
6.4
EPSS
1%
Percentile
44.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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 Google Calendar Widget Link 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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.4 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00540 · 44.7th percentile
Weakness
CWE-79 · Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Published
2024-02-20T18:56Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 20 FEB 18:56Z
    EmbedPress <= 3.9.8 - Authenticated(Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Google Calendar Widget Link
    cvelistv5