What is CVE-2024-4316?

CVE-2024-4316 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wpdeveloper Embedpress, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2024-05-14.

How severe is CVE-2024-4316?

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

XSS in Wpdeveloper Embedpress

CVE-2024-4316

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 ‘id’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 3.9.16 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. 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.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.003 (26.5th 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

References

security@wordfence.com (Third Party Advisory)
security@wordfence.com (Product)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-4316?: CVE-2024-4316 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wpdeveloper Embedpress, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2024-05-14.
How severe is CVE-2024-4316?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.