CVE-2024-1803 (GCVE-0-2024-1803)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-05-23 12:43
Modified
2026-04-08 16:37
CWE
Summary
The EmbedPress – Embed PDF, Google Docs, Vimeo, Wistia, Embed YouTube Videos, Audios, Maps & Embed Any Documents in Gutenberg & Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of functionality due to insufficient authorization validation on the PDF embed block in all versions up to, and including, 3.9.12. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to embed PDF blocks.
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