CVE-2024-50440

WordPress CodePen Embedded Pens Shortcode plugin <= 1.0.2 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

6.5 Medium

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Chris Coyier CodePen Embedded Pens Shortcode codepen-embedded-pen-shortcode allows Stored XSS.This issue affects CodePen Embedded Pens Shortcode: from n/a through <= 1.0.2.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: Low
User interaction: Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: Low
Integrity: Low
Availability: Low

Exploit likelihood

0.26%Up 0.2 points since Oct 29, 2024

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 6.5

WordPress CodePen Embedded Pens Shortcode plugin <= 1.0.2 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

Record: CVE-2024-50440
CVSS 3.1: 6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
Weakness: CWE-79
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2024-44869 6.5

Record: EUVD-2024-44869
CVSS 3.1: 6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
Updated: 2026-11-02

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-329m-37p4-j9m8 6.5

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting')...

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Chris Coyier CodePen Embedded Pens Shortcode allows Stored XSS.This issue affects CodePen Embedded Pens Shortcode: from n/a through 1.0.2.

Record: GHSA-329m-37p4-j9m8
CVSS 3.1: 6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
Weakness: CWE-79
Updated: 2026-11-02

NVD 6.5

Record: CVE-2024-50440
CVSS 3.1: 6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
CVSS 3.1: 5.4 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness: CWE-79
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2024-50440 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Chris Coyier Codepen Embedded Pens Shortcode, published October 28, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.26%, the 17th percentile. No source names a fixed version.