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CVE-2024-11203: EmbedPress – Embed PDF, 3D Flipbook, Social Feeds, Google Docs, Vimeo, Wistia, YouTube Videos, Audios, Google Maps in Gutenberg Block & Elementor <= 4.1.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'provider_name'

• 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: 2024-11-28 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

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 products

• wpdevteam EmbedPress – PDF Embedder, Embed YouTube Videos, 3D FlipBook, Social feeds, Docs & more: before 4.1.4 — fixed in 4.1.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: wpdevteam EmbedPress – PDF Embedder, Embed YouTube Videos, 3D FlipBook, Social feeds, Docs & more 4.1.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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

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