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CVE-2024-8804: Code Embed <= 2.4 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 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: 2024-10-04 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Code Embed plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's script embed functionality in all versions up to, and including, 2.4 due to insufficient restrictions on who can utilize the functionality. 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

• dartiss Code Embed: before 2.5 — fixed in 2.5

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: dartiss Code Embed 2.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3162219%40simple-embed-code&new=3162219%40simple-embed-code&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ab4149e1-8378-4007-bbf2-1ac3c479e7ea?source=cve

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