Medium 6.4Published Jun 5, 2026

CVE-2026-7796EmbedPress <= 4.5.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Block 'url' Attribute

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 26, 2026, 1:00 PM ET)

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Exploited in the last 30 days

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

CVSS: 6.4 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-79
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Wordfence
NVD analysis: Deferred
Record last updated: Jun 6, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

wpdevteam EmbedPress – PDF Embedder, Embed PDF viewer, YouTube Videos, 3D FlipBook, Social feeds & more wpdevteam:embedpress_pdf_embedder_embed_pdf_viewer_youtube_videos_3d_flipbook_social_feeds_and_more (from the name)	through 4.5.3	CNA record

References

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a0b5b6bc-5f4f-4cf8-987e-b20e8354d863?source=cve
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/embedpress/trunk/EmbedPress/Gutenberg/EmbedPressBlockRenderer.php#L1181
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/embedpress/tags/4.5.1/EmbedPress/Gutenberg/EmbedPressBlockRenderer.php#L1181
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/embedpress/trunk/EmbedPress/Gutenberg/EmbedPressBlockRenderer.php#L133
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/embedpress/tags/4.5.1/EmbedPress/Gutenberg/EmbedPressBlockRenderer.php#L133
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/embedpress/trunk/EmbedPress/Includes/Classes/Helper.php#L1659
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/embedpress/tags/4.5.1/EmbedPress/Includes/Classes/Helper.php#L1659
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/embedpress/tags/4.4.11/EmbedPress/Gutenberg/EmbedPressBlockRenderer.php#L1181
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/embedpress/tags/4.4.11/EmbedPress/Gutenberg/EmbedPressBlockRenderer.php#L133
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/embedpress/tags/4.4.11/EmbedPress/Includes/Classes/Helper.php#L1659
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