PT-2024-21556 · WordPress · Embedpress

Ancorn + 2 · Published 2024-03-22 · Updated 2025-01-07 · CVE-2024-2688

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.4

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions EmbedPress – Embed PDF, Google Docs, Vimeo, Wistia, Embed YouTube Videos, Audios, Maps & Embed Any Documents in Gutenberg & Elementor plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 3.9.12

Description The issue is related to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the EmbedPress document widget due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied attributes. This allows 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.

Recommendations For versions up to, and including, 3.9.12, update to a version higher than 3.9.12 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the EmbedPress document widget to minimize the risk of exploitation. Additionally, restrict contributor-level access and above to authorized personnel only.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-2688

Affected Products

Embedpress

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-2688 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-2688 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c5b67927-5993-4e21-af52-8ebe7fee48ab?source=cve · Patch
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3055856%40embedpress&new=3055856%40embedpress&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= · Patch
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1771369403797389432 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/RedPacketSec/status/1775086949692268787 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1771407005372060127 · Twitter Post