Description
The Embed PDF WordPress plugin through 1.0.6 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks
Published: 2023-02-27
Score: 5.4 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-52084 The Embed PDF WordPress plugin through 1.0.6 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks
History

Tue, 11 Mar 2025 03:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-79
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Subscriptions

Embed Pdf Project Embed Pdf
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2025-03-11T02:54:58.108Z

Reserved: 2022-12-28T10:10:44.392Z

Link: CVE-2022-4788

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:48:40.473Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-02-27T16:15:11.337

Modified: 2025-03-11T03:15:36.760

Link: CVE-2022-4788

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses