EmbedPress – Embed PDF, 3D Flipbook, Social Feeds, Google Docs, Vimeo, Wistia, YouTube Videos, Audios, Google Maps in Gutenberg Block & Elementor <= 4.1.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'provider_name'
Vulnerability Description
The EmbedPress – Embed PDF, 3D Flipbook, Social Feeds, Google Docs, Vimeo, Wistia, YouTube Videos, Audios, Google Maps in Gutenberg Block & Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘provider_name parameter in all versions up to, and including, 4.1.3 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.
Impact Analysis
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Remediation
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Credits & Attribution
The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:
- Max Boll
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/167dedfa-36cc-4b01-8ea4-8eda8742953c?source=cve
- https://github.com/WPDevelopers/embedpress/blob/a6aa3339d9dc69ab6f9338ded073e5709173c2d4/vendor/wpdevelopers/embera/src/Embera/ProviderCollection/ProviderCollectionAdapter.php#L173
- https://github.com/WPDevelopers/embedpress/blob/a6aa3339d9dc69ab6f9338ded073e5709173c2d4/EmbedPress/Shortcode.php#L240
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3196371/
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