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 ‘id’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 3.9.16 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. 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.
Published: 2024-05-09
Score: 6.4 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2024-43959 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 ‘id’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 3.9.16 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. 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.
History

Thu, 26 Feb 2026 11:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 07 Jan 2025 18:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Wpdeveloper
Wpdeveloper embedpress
Weaknesses CWE-79
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:wpdeveloper:embedpress:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Vendors & Products Wpdeveloper
Wpdeveloper embedpress

Subscriptions

Wpdeveloper Embedpress
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-08T16:43:36.184Z

Reserved: 2024-04-29T16:30:30.741Z

Link: CVE-2024-4316

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T20:40:46.043Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-05-14T15:43:16.177

Modified: 2026-04-08T17:18:52.387

Link: CVE-2024-4316

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses