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TI-2024-02294 Aliases CVE-2024-2468GHSA-q5v6-wm64-95g6

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

Priority LOW 28CWE-79Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · Low · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0034 27th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
wpdevteamEmbedPress – PDF Embedder, Embed YouTube Videos, 3D FlipBook, Social feeds, Docs & moreup to 3.9.12—No fix listedCNA
  • EmbedPress – PDF Embedder, Embed YouTube Videos, 3D FlipBook, Social feeds, Docs & more Vendorwpdevteam Affected up to 3.9.12 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:wpdeveloper:embedpress:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*up to 3.9.12Vulnerablewpdevteam
  • cpe:2.3:a:wpdeveloper:embedpress:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions up to 3.9.12 Vulnerable ·wpdevteam

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-2468
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-q5v6-wm64-95g6

References

Patch 2

  • TI-2024-20660 WordPress EmbedPress plugin <= 3.9.8 - Broken Access Control vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2024-28980 WordPress EmbedPress plugin <= 4.0.9 - Local File Inclusion vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2023-03152 EmbedPress <= 3.7.3 - Sensitive Information Exposure CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2024-25941 WordPress EmbedPress plugin <= 4.0.4 - Broken Access Control vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2023-28033 WordPress EmbedPress plugin <= 3.8.3 - Broken Access Control vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2024-20650 WordPress EmbedPress plugin <= 3.9.11 - Broken Access Control vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
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Sources

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