CVEvulnerability
CVE-2023-4283
5.4 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2023-08-10
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 6.4 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.4 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79
Description
The EmbedPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'embedpress_calendar' shortcode in versions up to, and including, 3.8.2 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.
Affected configurations
• wpdeveloper embedpress (<= 3.8.2)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation weakness
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/embedpress/tags/3.8.2/EmbedPress/ThirdParty/Googlecalendar/Embedpress_Google_Helper.php#L522 Patch
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2950211/embedpress#file18 Patch
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b340eda1-e9d2-40b6-89f9-41d995ce3555?source=cve Third Party Advisory
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/embedpress/tags/3.8.2/EmbedPress/ThirdParty/Googlecalendar/Embedpress_Google_Helper.php#L522 Patch
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2950211/embedpress#file18 Patch
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b340eda1-e9d2-40b6-89f9-41d995ce3555?source=cve Third Party Advisory