WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
EmbedPress < 4.5.4 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Block 'url' Attribute
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
Affects Plugins
References
Classification
Type
XSS
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
UKO
Verified
No
WPVDB ID
Timeline
Publicly Published
2026-06-05 (about 4 months ago)
Added
2026-06-05 (about 4 months ago)
Last Updated
2026-06-06 (about 4 months ago)