CVE-2024-3244: The EmbedPress – Embed PDF, Google Docs, Vimeo, Wistia, Embed YouTube Videos, Audios, Maps & Embed Any Documents in Gutenberg & Elementor plugin...
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's
'embedpress_calendar' 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.
Classification
CVE ID: CVE-2024-3244
CVSS Base Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS Base Score: 6.4
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Problem Types
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')Affected Products
Vendor: wpdevteam
Product: EmbedPress – Embed PDF, Google Docs, Vimeo, Wistia, Embed YouTube Videos, Audios, Maps & Embed Any Documents in Gutenberg & Elementor
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
EPSS Score: 0.18% (probability of being exploited)
EPSS Percentile: 36.28% (scored less or equal to compared to others)
EPSS Date: 2025-03-27 (when was this score calculated)
Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization (SSVC)
SSVC Exploitation: none
SSVC Technical Impact: partial
SSVC Automatable: false
References
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-3244https://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