CVE-2023-6986 Cross-site scripting in EmbedPress – PDF Embedder, Embed YouTube Videos, 3D FlipBook, Social feeds, Docs & more

Medium 6.4 Published 3 Jan 2024 Updated 8 Apr 2026

Authenticated contributors can inject arbitrary scripts via shortcodes, leading to stored XSS execution for other users.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2023-6986?

CVE-2023-6986 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in wpdevteam EmbedPress – PDF Embedder, Embed YouTube Videos, 3D FlipBook, Social feeds, Docs & more, published on 3 Jan 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-6986?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Wpdeveloper Embedpress.

How do I fix CVE-2023-6986?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-6986 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2023-6986 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-6986 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-55rm-p79h-88wj.