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CVE-2023-5749: EmbedPress < 3.9.2 - Reflected XSS

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2023-12-11 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The EmbedPress WordPress plugin before 3.9.2 does not sanitise and escape user input before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin

Affected products

• wpdevteam EmbedPress – PDF Embedder, Embed YouTube Videos, 3D FlipBook, Social feeds, Docs & more: before 3.9.2 — fixed in 3.9.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: wpdevteam EmbedPress – PDF Embedder, Embed YouTube Videos, 3D FlipBook, Social feeds, Docs & more 3.9.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/3931daac-3899-4169-8625-4c95fd2adafc
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/3931daac-3899-4169-8625-4c95fd2adafc

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