EmbedPress <= 3.7.3 — Sensitive Information Exposure
CVE-2023-3371Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤3.7.3Update to 3.8.0 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Medium5.3
- CVSS
- 5.3CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:NWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:NPrivileges required- None
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:LConfidentiality- Low
I:NIntegrity- None
A:NAvailability- None
- Required access
- No account needed
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
EmbedPress embedpress
- Affected≤ 3.7.3
- Patched in3.8.0
Update to 3.8.0 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 3.7.3. Version 3.8.0 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under EmbedPress.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
- No account is needed to exploit this. Treat any exposed site on an affected version as at risk.
What to do
- Update to version 3.8.0, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch EmbedPress to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to István Márton.
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.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
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| Medium6.4 | 4.6.6 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting 4.4.9 – 4.6.6Update to 4.6.7 | CVE-2026-85001 | |
| Medium6.4 | Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ≤4.6.6Update to 4.6.7 | CVE-2026-85002 | |
| Medium6.1 | Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via 'hash' and 'unique' Parameters ≤4.6.5Update to 4.6.6 | CVE-2026-89330 | |
| Medium4.3 | 4.6.3 - Missing Authorization 4.6.0 – 4.6.3Update to 4.6.4 | CVE-2026-84926 |
- Medium6.4Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'slidesShow' Block Attribute
≤4.6.6Update to 4.6.7
- Medium6.44.6.6 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
4.4.9 – 4.6.6Update to 4.6.7
- Medium6.4Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
≤4.6.6Update to 4.6.7
- Medium6.1Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via 'hash' and 'unique' Parameters
≤4.6.5Update to 4.6.6
- Medium4.34.6.3 - Missing Authorization
4.6.0 – 4.6.3Update to 4.6.4
Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 5.3
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. [object Object] Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
- CVE® identifiers
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- CVSS / CWE
- National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
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