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CVE-2023-6986: EmbedPress – Embed PDF, YouTube, Google Docs, Vimeo, Wistia Videos, Audios, Maps & Any Documents in Gutenberg & Elementor <= 3.9.5 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-01-03 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

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 plugin's embed_oembed_html shortcode in all versions up to 3.9.5 (exclusive) 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.

Affected products

• wpdevteam EmbedPress – PDF Embedder, Embed YouTube Videos, 3D FlipBook, Social feeds, Docs & more: before 3.9.6 — fixed in 3.9.6

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: wpdevteam EmbedPress – PDF Embedder, Embed YouTube Videos, 3D FlipBook, Social feeds, Docs & more 3.9.6. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/embedpress/trunk/EmbedPress/Shortcode.php
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3014595%40embedpress&new=3014595%40embedpress&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=#file11
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ceae0115-268c-401b-876b-3477d10c10e6?source=cve
• https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/embedpress/trunk/EmbedPress/Shortcode.php
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3014595%40embedpress&new=3014595%40embedpress&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=#file11
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ceae0115-268c-401b-876b-3477d10c10e6?source=cve

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