What is CVE-2024-1802?

CVE-2024-1802 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wpdeveloper Embedpress, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2024-03-07.

How severe is CVE-2024-1802?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-1802 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Wpdeveloper Embedpress

CVE-2024-1802

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 Wistia embed block in all versions up to, and including, 3.9.10 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on the user supplied url. 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.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.003 (24.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

security@wordfence.com (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
security@wordfence.com (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-1802?: CVE-2024-1802 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wpdeveloper Embedpress, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2024-03-07.
How severe is CVE-2024-1802?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-1802 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.