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CVE-2024-1803: EmbedPress – Embed PDF, Google Docs, Vimeo, Wistia, Embed YouTube Videos, Audios, Maps & Embed Any Documents in Gutenberg & Elementor <= 3.9.12 - Insufficient Authorization Checks to Block Usual

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-05-23 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-285

Description

The EmbedPress – Embed PDF, Google Docs, Vimeo, Wistia, Embed YouTube Videos, Audios, Maps & Embed Any Documents in Gutenberg & Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of functionality due to insufficient authorization validation on the PDF embed block in all versions up to, and including, 3.9.12. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to embed PDF blocks.

Affected products

• wpdevteam EmbedPress – PDF Embedder, Embed YouTube Videos, 3D FlipBook, Social feeds, Docs & more: through 3.9.12

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3055856
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/175e08ce-aec2-427a-90e0-f955711d58b2?source=cve
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3055856
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/175e08ce-aec2-427a-90e0-f955711d58b2?source=cve

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