CVE-2024-1425 EmbedPress <= 3.9.8 - Authenticated(Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Google Calendar Widget Link
Authenticated attackers can inject arbitrary scripts via Google Calendar links, executing code in victim browsers.
- 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-2024-1425?
CVE-2024-1425 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in wpdevteam EmbedPress – PDF Embedder, Embed YouTube Videos, 3D FlipBook, Social feeds, Docs & more, published on 20 Feb 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 Google Calendar Widget Link in all versions up to, and including, 3.9.8 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-2024-1425?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wpdeveloper Embedpress.
How do I fix CVE-2024-1425?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-1425 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-2024-1425 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-1425 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in wpdevteam EmbedPress – PDF Embedder, Embed YouTube Videos, 3D FlipBook, Social feeds, Docs & more
- CVE-2024-43328 WordPress EmbedPress plugin <= 4.0.9 - Local File Inclusion vulnerability
- CVE-2024-50461 WordPress EmbedPress plugin <= 4.0.14 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
- CVE-2024-43936 WordPress EmbedPress plugin <= 4.0.8 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
- CVE-2024-31284 WordPress EmbedPress plugin <= 3.9.8 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
- CVE-2024-11203 Cross-site scripting in EmbedPress – PDF Embedder, Embed YouTube Videos, 3D FlipBook, Social feeds, Docs & more
Sources
Also known as GHSA-cj4x-4fg2-25qf.