CVE-2023-6986 Vulnerability Details

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CVE-2023-6986 Metadata Quick Info

CVE Published: 03/01/2024 | CVE Updated: 02/08/2024 | CVE Year: 2023
Source: Wordfence | Vendor: wpdevteam | Product: EmbedPress – Embed PDF, YouTube, Google Docs, Vimeo, Wistia Videos, Audios, Maps & Any Documents in Gutenberg & Elementor
Status : PUBLISHED

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CVE-2023-6986 Description

The EmbedPress – Embed PDF, YouTube, Google Docs, Vimeo, Wistia Videos, Audios, Maps & Any Documents in Gutenberg & Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin\'s embed_oembed_html shortcode in all versions up to 3.9.5 (exclusive) 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.

Metrics

CVSS Version: 3.1 | 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

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Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

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CWE Name: CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ( Cross-site Scripting )
Source: wpdevteam

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Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database).