# CVE-2024-38707: WordPress EmbedPress plugin <= 4.0.4 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

> Attackers can bypass access controls in the EmbedPress WordPress plugin to perform unauthorized actions.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 1 Nov 2024
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-ccvh-g783-qg92

## What is CVE-2024-38707?

CVE-2024-38707 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in WPDeveloper EmbedPress, published on 1 Nov 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Missing Authorization vulnerability in WPDeveloper EmbedPress allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects EmbedPress: from n/a through 4.0.4.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-38707?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Wpdeveloper Embedpress.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-38707?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-38707 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-38707 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-38707 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in WPDeveloper EmbedPress

- [CVE-2024-43328](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-43328/): WordPress EmbedPress plugin <= 4.0.9 - Local File Inclusion vulnerability (high 8.3)
- [CVE-2024-50461](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-50461/): WordPress EmbedPress plugin <= 4.0.14 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2024-43936](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-43936/): WordPress EmbedPress plugin <= 4.0.8 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2024-31284](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-31284/): WordPress EmbedPress plugin <= 3.9.8 - Broken Access Control vulnerability (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2024-11203](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-11203/): Cross-site scripting in EmbedPress – PDF Embedder, Embed YouTube Videos, 3D FlipBook, Social feeds, Docs & more (medium 6.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-38707 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-38707 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in WPDeveloper EmbedPress, published on 1 Nov 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-38707 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: WPDeveloper EmbedPress. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-38707/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-38707/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-38707
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38707
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38707

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-38707/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.