WordPress · Embed Privacy · CVE-2023-48300
**Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions**
Embed Privacy plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 1.8.0
**Description**
The issue is related to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the `embed privacy opt out` shortcode due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied attributes. This allows 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.
**Recommendations**
For Embed Privacy plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 1.8.0, update to version 1.8.1 to resolve the issue.