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

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

No EPSS score available.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

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References
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https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/embedpress/tags/4.4.11/EmbedPress/Gutenberg/EmbedPressBlockRenderer.php#L1181 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/embedpress/tags/4.4.11/EmbedPress/Gutenberg/EmbedPressBlockRenderer.php#L133 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/embedpress/tags/4.4.11/EmbedPress/Includes/Classes/Helper.php#L1659 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/embedpress/tags/4.5.1/EmbedPress/Gutenberg/EmbedPressBlockRenderer.php#L1181 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/embedpress/tags/4.5.1/EmbedPress/Gutenberg/EmbedPressBlockRenderer.php#L133 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/embedpress/tags/4.5.1/EmbedPress/Includes/Classes/Helper.php#L1659 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/embedpress/trunk/EmbedPress/Gutenberg/EmbedPressBlockRenderer.php#L1181 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/embedpress/trunk/EmbedPress/Gutenberg/EmbedPressBlockRenderer.php#L133 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/embedpress/trunk/EmbedPress/Includes/Classes/Helper.php#L1659 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3546981%40embedpress&new=3546981%40embedpress&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a0b5b6bc-5f4f-4cf8-987e-b20e8354d863?source=cve cve-icon cve-icon
History

Sat, 06 Jun 2026 03:30:00 +0000

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Description 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
Title EmbedPress <= 4.5.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Block 'url' Attribute
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-06-06T02:28:36.449Z

Reserved: 2026-05-04T19:08:09.496Z

Link: CVE-2026-7796

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-06-06T04:17:41.187

Modified: 2026-06-06T04:17:41.187

Link: CVE-2026-7796

cve-icon Redhat

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Updated: 2026-06-06T04:30:12Z