EmbedPress: known security problems
40 known security problems reported for this WordPress plugin, with the affected versions, the fix and what to do.
Updated
In short
There are 40 known security problems on this page. Each one has a fixed version. Updating to version 4.6.7 or newer covers every fixed problem listed here.
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This week
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 4.6.6)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 4.6.6
- Fixed in
- 4.6.7
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update EmbedPress to version 4.6.7 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-92727
- Report title
- EmbedPress <= 4.6.6 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'slidesShow' Block Attribute
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (from 4.4.9 up to and including 4.6.6)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- From 4.4.9 up to and including 4.6.6
- Fixed in
- 4.6.7
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update EmbedPress to version 4.6.7 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-85001
- Report title
- EmbedPress 4.4.9 - 4.6.6 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 4.6.6) (2)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 4.6.6
- Fixed in
- 4.6.7
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update EmbedPress to version 4.6.7 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-85002
- Report title
- EmbedPress <= 4.6.6 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 4.6.5)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 4.6.5
- Fixed in
- 4.6.6
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update EmbedPress to version 4.6.6 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-89330
- Report title
- EmbedPress <= 4.6.5 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via 'hash' and 'unique' Parameters
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone could do things on your site they should not be allowed to (from 4.6.0 up to and including 4.6.3)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- From 4.6.0 up to and including 4.6.3
- Fixed in
- 4.6.4
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update EmbedPress to version 4.6.4 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-84926
- Report title
- EmbedPress – PDF Embedder, 3D PDF FlipBook, Google Reviews, YouTube Videos, Upload & Embed PDF documents 4.6.0 - 4.6.3 - Missing Authorization
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
A stranger could use it to harm your site (from 4.6.0 up to and including 4.6.3)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- From 4.6.0 up to and including 4.6.3
- Fixed in
- 4.6.4
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update EmbedPress to version 4.6.4 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-84936
- Report title
- EmbedPress – PDF Embedder, 3D PDF FlipBook, Google Reviews, YouTube Videos, Upload & Embed PDF documents 4.6.0 - 4.6.3 - Unauthenticated Paid API Consumption and Database Row Injection
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone with a contributor account on your site could do things on your site they should not be allowed to
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- From 4.6.0 up to and including 4.6.3
- Fixed in
- 4.6.4
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update EmbedPress to version 4.6.4 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-84927
- Report title
- EmbedPress – PDF Embedder, 3D PDF FlipBook, Google Reviews, YouTube Videos, Upload & Embed PDF documents 4.6.0 - 4.6.3 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Site-Wide Places Library Modification
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
A stranger could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 4.5.6
- Fixed in
- 4.6.0
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update EmbedPress to version 4.6.0 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-61961
- Report title
- EmbedPress – PDF Embedder, 3D PDF FlipBook, Google Reviews, YouTube Videos, Upload & Embed PDF documents <= 4.5.6 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
A stranger could make your server visit other addresses on their behalf
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 4.6.0
- Fixed in
- 4.6.1
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update EmbedPress to version 4.6.1 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-10526
- Report title
- EmbedPress <= 4.6.0 - Unauthenticated Blind Server-Side Request Forgery
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 4.5.3)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 4.5.3
- Fixed in
- 4.5.4
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update EmbedPress to version 4.5.4 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-7796
- Report title
- EmbedPress <= 4.5.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Block 'url' Attribute
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
A stranger could use it to harm your site (up to and including 4.5.2)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 4.5.2
- Fixed in
- 4.5.3
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update EmbedPress to version 4.5.3 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-48872
- Report title
- EmbedPress – PDF Embedder, Embed PDF viewer, YouTube Videos, 3D FlipBook, Social feeds & more <= 4.5.2 - Unauthenticated Information Exposure
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 4.1.3)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 4.1.3
- Fixed in
- 4.1.4
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update EmbedPress to version 4.1.4 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-11203
- Report title
- EmbedPress – Embed PDF, 3D Flipbook, Social Feeds, Google Docs, Vimeo, Wistia, YouTube Videos, Audios, Google Maps in Gutenberg Block & Elementor <= 4.1.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'provider_name'
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 4.0.14)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 4.0.14
- Fixed in
- 4.1.0
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update EmbedPress to version 4.1.0 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-50461
- Report title
- EmbedPress <= 4.0.14 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 4.0.8)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 4.0.8
- Fixed in
- 4.0.9
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update EmbedPress to version 4.0.9 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-43936
- Report title
- EmbedPress <= 4.0.8 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
A stranger could read or delete private files on your server
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 4.0.9
- Fixed in
- 4.0.10
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update EmbedPress to version 4.0.10 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-43328
- Report title
- EmbedPress <= 4.0.9 - Unauthenticated Local File Inclusion
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone could do things on your site they should not be allowed to (up to and including 4.0.4)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 4.0.4
- Fixed in
- 4.0.5
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update EmbedPress to version 4.0.5 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-38707
- Report title
- EmbedPress <= 4.0.4 - Missing Authorization
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 3.9.10)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 3.9.10
- Fixed in
- 3.9.11
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update EmbedPress to version 3.9.11 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-1565
- Report title
- EmbedPress <= 3.9.10 - Authenticated(Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via PDF Widget URL
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 4.0.1)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 4.0.1
- Fixed in
- 4.0.2
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update EmbedPress to version 4.0.2 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-5571
- Report title
- EmbedPress – Embed PDF, Google Docs, Vimeo, Wistia, Embed YouTube Videos, Audios, Maps & Embed Any Documents in Gutenberg & Elementor <= 4.0.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via EmbedPress PDF Widget
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone could use it to harm your site (up to and including 3.9.12)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 3.9.12
- Fixed in
- 3.9.13
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update EmbedPress to version 3.9.13 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-1803
- Report title
- EmbedPress – Embed PDF, Google Docs, Vimeo, Wistia, Embed YouTube Videos, Audios, Maps & Embed Any Documents in Gutenberg & Elementor <= 3.9.12 - Insufficient Authorization Checks to Block Usual
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone could use it to harm your site (up to and including 4.0.2)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 4.0.2
- Fixed in
- 4.0.3
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update EmbedPress to version 4.0.3 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-4367
- Report title
- PDF.js < 4.2.67 - Arbitrary JavaScript Execution
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 3.9.16)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 3.9.16
- Fixed in
- 3.9.17
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update EmbedPress to version 3.9.17 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-4316
- Report title
- EmbedPress Embed PDF, Google Docs, Vimeo, Wistia, Embed YouTube Videos, Audios, Maps & Embed Any Documents in Gutenberg & Elementor <= 3.9.16 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via id Parameter
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone could do things on your site they should not be allowed to (up to and including 3.9.11)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 3.9.11
- Fixed in
- 3.9.12
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update EmbedPress to version 3.9.12 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-31274
- Report title
- EmbedPress <= 3.9.11 - Missing Authorization
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 3.9.14)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 3.9.14
- Fixed in
- 3.9.15
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update EmbedPress to version 3.9.15 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-3244
- Report title
- EmbedPress – Embed PDF, Google Docs, Vimeo, Wistia, Embed YouTube Videos, Audios, Maps & Embed Any Documents in Gutenberg & Elementor <= 3.9.14 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 3.9.14) (2)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 3.9.14
- Fixed in
- 3.9.15
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update EmbedPress to version 3.9.15 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-3245
- Report title
- EmbedPress – Embed PDF, Google Docs, Vimeo, Wistia, Embed YouTube Videos, Audios, Maps & Embed Any Documents in Gutenberg & Elementor <= 3.9.14 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Youtube Block
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone could do things on your site they should not be allowed to (up to and including 3.9.8)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 3.9.8
- Fixed in
- 3.9.9
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update EmbedPress to version 3.9.9 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-31284
- Report title
- EmbedPress <= 3.9.8 - Missing Authorization via handle_calendly_data
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 3.9.12)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 3.9.12
- Fixed in
- 3.9.13
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update EmbedPress to version 3.9.13 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-2688
- Report title
- EmbedPress – Embed PDF, Google Docs, Vimeo, Wistia, Embed YouTube Videos, Audios, Maps & Embed Any Documents in Gutenberg & Elementor <= 3.9.12 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-site Scripting via 'embedpress_doc_custom_color'
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 3.9.12) (2)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 3.9.12
- Fixed in
- 3.9.13
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update EmbedPress to version 3.9.13 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-2468
- Report title
- EmbedPress <= 3.9.12 - Authenticated(Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Widget Attribute
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 3.9.10) (2)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 3.9.10
- Fixed in
- 3.9.11
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update EmbedPress to version 3.9.11 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-1802
- Report title
- EmbedPress – Embed PDF, Google Docs, Vimeo, Wistia, Embed YouTube Videos, Audios, Maps & Embed Any Documents in Gutenberg & Elementor <= 3.9.10 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Wistia Block
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 3.9.10) (3)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 3.9.10
- Fixed in
- 3.9.11
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update EmbedPress to version 3.9.11 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-2128
- Report title
- EmbedPress – Embed PDF, Google Docs, Vimeo, Wistia, Embed YouTube Videos, Audios, Maps & Embed Any Documents in Gutenberg & Elementor <= 3.9.10 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via EmbedPress PDF Widget
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 3.9.8)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 3.9.8
- Fixed in
- 3.9.9
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update EmbedPress to version 3.9.9 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-1425
- Report title
- EmbedPress <= 3.9.8 - Authenticated(Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Google Calendar Widget Link
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 3.9.8) (2)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 3.9.8
- Fixed in
- 3.9.9
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update EmbedPress to version 3.9.9 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-1349
- Report title
- EmbedPress <= 3.9.8 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (before 3.9.5)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Before 3.9.5
- Fixed in
- 3.9.6
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update EmbedPress to version 3.9.6 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2023-6986
- Report title
- EmbedPress – Embed PDF, YouTube, Google Docs, Vimeo, Wistia Videos, Audios, Maps & Any Documents in Gutenberg & Elementor <= 3.9.5 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone could do things on your site they should not be allowed to (before 3.9.5)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Before 3.9.5
- Fixed in
- 3.9.5
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update EmbedPress to version 3.9.5 or newer.
- Report title
- EmbedPress <= 3.9.4 - Missing Authorization
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 3.9.1)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 3.9.1
- Fixed in
- 3.9.2
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update EmbedPress to version 3.9.2 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2023-5750
- Report title
- EmbedPress <= 3.9.1 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 3.9.1) (2)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 3.9.1
- Fixed in
- 3.9.2
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update EmbedPress to version 3.9.2 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2023-5749
- Report title
- EmbedPress <= 3.9.1 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone could trick a logged-in admin into changing settings without knowing
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Before 3.8.4
- Fixed in
- 3.8.4
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update EmbedPress to version 3.8.4 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2023-51375
- Report title
- EmbedPress <= 3.8.3 - Cross-Site Request Forgery
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Anyone with an account on your site, even a basic one could do things on your site they should not be allowed to
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 3.8.2
- Fixed in
- 3.8.3
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update EmbedPress to version 3.8.3 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2023-4282
- Report title
- EmbedPress <= 3.8.2 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Plugin Settings Delete via admin_post_remove and remove_private_data
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 3.8.2)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 3.8.2
- Fixed in
- 3.8.3
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update EmbedPress to version 3.8.3 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2023-4283
- Report title
- EmbedPress <= 3.8.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 2.0.2)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 2.0.2
- Fixed in
- 2.0.3
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update EmbedPress to version 2.0.3 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2023-33999
- Report title
- Freemius SDK <= 2.5.9 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via fs_request_get
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
This week
Someone could see private information they should not see
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 3.7.3
- Fixed in
- 3.8.0
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update EmbedPress to version 3.8.0 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2023-3371
- Report title
- EmbedPress <= 3.7.3 - Sensitive Information Exposure
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
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