CVE-2023-3371
MediumCVSS 5.3Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk35th percentile - higher than 35% of all known CVEs
Summary
The EmbedPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure due to hardcoded encryption key in the 'lock_content_form_handler' and 'display_password_form' functions in versions up to and including 3.7.3. This allows unauthenticated attackers to decrypt and view password protected content.
Risk Assessment
Organizations may be exposed to the disclosure of sensitive data, potentially leading to privacy breaches and loss of user trust.
Recommendation
It is recommended to update the EmbedPress plugin to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability and secure password protected content.
Other vulnerabilities in EmbedPress plugin for WordPress
See all- CVE-2023-4283Medium
The EmbedPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) via the 'embedpress_calendar' shortcode in versions up to and including 3.8.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes.
- CVE-2023-4282Medium
The EmbedPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized data loss due to a missing capability check on the 'admin_post_remove' and 'remove_private_data' functions in versions up to and including 3.8.2. This allows authenticated attackers with subscriber privileges or above to delete plugin settings.
Original NVD description (English source)
The EmbedPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure due to hardcoded encryption key on the 'lock_content_form_handler' and 'display_password_form' function in versions up to, and including, 3.7.3. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to decrypt and view the password protected content.
Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS