EmbedPress <= 3.9.4 - Missing Authorization

Missing Authorization
CVE Not available
CVSS Medium (5.3)
Publicly Published December 8, 2023
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Description

The EmbedPress – Embed PDF, YouTube, Google Docs, Vimeo, Wistia Videos, Audios, Maps & Any Documents in Gutenberg & Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to missing capability checks on the save_source_data() and delete_source_data() functions in all versions up to 3.9.5 (exclusive). This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to save and delete source data

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug embedpress (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 3.9.5
Patched Version
  • 3.9.5
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