CVE-2024-3244
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-79
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Publication date:
09/04/2024
Last modified:
08/04/2026
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 plugin&#39;s <br />
&#39;embedpress_calendar&#39; shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 3.9.14 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. 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.
Impact
Base Score 3.x
6.40
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:wpdeveloper:embedpress:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | 3.9.14 (including) |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/embedpress/tags/3.9.13/EmbedPress/ThirdParty/Googlecalendar/Embedpress_Google_Helper.php#L657
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3064544/embedpress/tags/3.9.15/EmbedPress/ThirdParty/Googlecalendar/Embedpress_Google_Helper.php
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/778d8443-fc0f-4e97-8460-e5ceee8b62a1?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/embedpress/tags/3.9.13/EmbedPress/ThirdParty/Googlecalendar/Embedpress_Google_Helper.php#L657
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3064544/embedpress/tags/3.9.15/EmbedPress/ThirdParty/Googlecalendar/Embedpress_Google_Helper.php
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/778d8443-fc0f-4e97-8460-e5ceee8b62a1?source=cve



