WordPress CVEs

Description

The EmbedPress – Embed PDF, 3D Flipbook, Social Feeds, Google Docs, Vimeo, Wistia, YouTube Videos, Audios, Google Maps in Gutenberg Block & Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘provider_name parameter in all versions up to, and including, 4.1.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. 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.

Affected WordPress components

• EmbedPress – PDF Embedder, 3D PDF FlipBook, Google Reviews, YouTube Videos, Upload & Embed PDF documents Plugin · embedpress
  Confirmed match Active
  Up to and including 4.1.3; Before 4.1.4
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A confirmed match is backed by the plugin or theme slug. A possible match is based on the product name only and should be verified.

Affected products and versions

• wpdevteam EmbedPress – PDF Embedder, Embed YouTube Videos, 3D FlipBook, Social feeds, Docs & more — Up to and including 4.1.3
• wpdeveloper embedpress — Before 4.1.4

References

• github.com https://github.com/WPDevelopers/embedpress/blob/a6aa3339d9dc69ab6f9338ded073e5709173c2d4/EmbedPress/Shortcode.php#L240 Product
• github.com https://github.com/WPDevelopers/embedpress/blob/a6aa3339d9dc69ab6f9338ded073e5709173c2d4/vendor/wpdevelopers/embera/src/Embera/ProviderCollection/ProviderCollectionAdapter.php#L173 Product
• plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3196371/ Patch
• www.wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/167dedfa-36cc-4b01-8ea4-8eda8742953c?source=cve Third Party Advisory
• nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record