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.
- CVSS Version 3.1
nvd
CVE ID: CVE-2023-6986
Base Score: 5.4
Base Severity: MEDIUM
Vector String:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Impact Score: 2.7
Exploitability Score: 2.3
wordfence
CVE ID: CVE-2023-6986
Base Score: 6.4
Base Severity: MEDIUM
Vector String:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Impact Score: 2.7
Exploitability Score: 3.1