CVE-2024-2468 MEDIUM

CVE-2024-2468: EmbedPress <= 3.9.12 - Authenticated(Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Widget Attribute

Vendor Wpdevteam
Product EmbedPress – PDF Embedder, Embed YouTube Videos, 3D FlipBook, Social feeds, Docs & more
Weakness CWE-79 · XSS
Published March 23, 2024
Last update April 8, 2026
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CVSS base score

6.4/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

March 23, 2024 CVE published
April 8, 2026 Record updated