CVE-2024-2128

CVSS 3.1 Score 6.4 of 10 (medium)

Details

Published Mar 7, 2024
Updated: Mar 8, 2024

Summary

CVE-2024-2128 is a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting the EmbedPress plugin for WordPress. The issue exists in the plugin's embed widget, which fails to properly sanitize and escape user-supplied attributes. This vulnerability, present in all versions up to and including 3.9.10, enables authenticated attackers with contributor-level permissions and above to inject malicious web scripts into pages. Once injected, these scripts will execute whenever an unsuspecting user accesses the compromised page.

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