CVE-2024-2468 EmbedPress <= 3.9.12 - Authenticated(Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Widget Attribute
Authenticated attackers with contributor permissions can inject arbitrary scripts via widget attributes, leading to stored XSS execution on victim pages.
- 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-2024-2468?
CVE-2024-2468 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in wpdevteam EmbedPress – PDF Embedder, Embed YouTube Videos, 3D FlipBook, Social feeds, Docs & more, published on 23 Mar 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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 Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the EmbedPress widget 'embedpress_pro_twitch_theme ' attribute in all versions up to, and including, 3.9.12 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-2024-2468?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wpdeveloper Embedpress.
How do I fix CVE-2024-2468?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-2468 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-2024-2468 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-2468 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-q5v6-wm64-95g6.