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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.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":6.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-09","score":0.00314,"percentile":0.24525,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-79"],"published":"2024-06-05T08:33:15Z","modified":"2026-06-17T08:16:12Z","products":[{"vendor":"wpdeveloper","product":"embedpress"},{"vendor":"wpdevteam","product":"embedpress – pdf embedder, embed youtube videos, 3d flipbook, social feeds, docs \u0026 more"}],"references":[{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7becdab6-f952-4649-8cea-4efadf841619?source=cve","tags":["x_transferred","Third Party Advisory"]},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/embedpress/tags/4.0.0/EmbedPress/Elementor/Widgets/Embedpress_Pdf.php#L690","tags":["x_transferred","Product"]},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3097114/","tags":["x_transferred","Patch"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-5571"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3097114"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cvjx-289q-hcpx"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2024-5571","title":"EmbedPress – Embed PDF, Google Docs, Vimeo, Wistia, Embed YouTube Videos, Audios, Maps \u0026 Embed Any Documents in Gutenberg \u0026 Elementor \u003c= 4.0.1 -  Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via EmbedPress PDF Widget","description":"The EmbedPress – Embed PDF, Google Docs, Vimeo, Wistia, Embed YouTube Videos, Audios, Maps \u0026 Embed Any Documents in Gutenberg \u0026 Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'url' attribute within the plugin's EmbedPress PDF widget in all versions up to, and including, 4.0.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. 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