Medium severity · published Dec 11, 2023
CVE-2023-5750
EmbedPress < 3.9.2 - Reflected XSS
6.1
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The EmbedPress WordPress plugin before 3.9.2 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page containing a specific content, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 41% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
EM
EmbedPress ·
before 3.9.2 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5750
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-5750
Exploit
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/cf323f72-8374-40fe-9e2e-810e46de1ec8
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