CVE-2026-7796
EmbedPress <= 4.5.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Block 'url' Attribute
The EmbedPress – PDF Embedder, Embed PDF viewer, YouTube Videos, 3D FlipBook, Social feeds & more plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the block 'url' attribute in all versions up to, and including, 4.5.3 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
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
EmbedPress <= 4.5.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Block 'url' Attribute
The EmbedPress – PDF Embedder, Embed PDF viewer, YouTube Videos, 3D FlipBook, Social feeds & more plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the block 'url' attribute in all versions up to, and including, 4.5.3 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
- Record
CVE-2026-7796- CVSS 3.1
- 6.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-34951
The EmbedPress – PDF Embedder, Embed PDF viewer, YouTube Videos, 3D FlipBook, Social feeds & more plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the block 'url' attribute in all versions up to, and including, 4.5.3 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
- Record
EUVD-2026-34951- CVSS 3.1
- 6.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-5m2w-5g87-p5fp
The EmbedPress – PDF Embedder, Embed PDF viewer, YouTube Videos, 3D FlipBook, Social feeds & more...
The EmbedPress – PDF Embedder, Embed PDF viewer, YouTube Videos, 3D FlipBook, Social feeds & more plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the block 'url' attribute in all versions up to, and including, 4.5.3 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
- Record
GHSA-5m2w-5g87-p5fp- CVSS 3.1
- 6.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
The EmbedPress – PDF Embedder, Embed PDF viewer, YouTube Videos, 3D FlipBook, Social feeds & more plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the block 'url' attribute in all versions up to, and including, 4.5.3 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
- Record
CVE-2026-7796- CVSS 3.1
- 6.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2026-7796 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.4) in Wpdevteam Embedpress – Pdf Embedder, Embed Pdf Viewer, Youtube Videos, 3d Flipbook, Social Feeds & More, published June 6, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.33%, the 26th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a0b5b6bc-5f4f-4cf8-987e-b20e8354d863?source=cve
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/embedpress/trunk/EmbedPress/Gutenberg/EmbedPressBlockRenderer.php
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nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-7796
github.com/advisories/GHSA-5m2w-5g87-p5fp