Medium severity · published Jun 6, 2026
CVE-2026-7796
EmbedPress <= 4.5.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Block 'url' Attribute
6.4
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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 vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 26% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
EP
EmbedPress – PDF Embedder, Embed PDF viewer, YouTube Videos, 3D FlipBook, Social feeds & more · wpdevteam
through 4.5.3 · source: vendor
Affected product
EP
EmbedPress – PDF Embedder, Embed PDF viewer, YouTube Videos, 3D FlipBook, Social feeds & more
wpdevteam
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-7796
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-7796
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/embedpress/tags/4.4.11/EmbedPress/Gutenberg/EmbedPressBlockRenderer.php#L1181
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/embedpress/tags/4.4.11/EmbedPress/Gutenberg/EmbedPressBlockRenderer.php#L133
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/embedpress/tags/4.4.11/EmbedPress/Includes/Classes/Helper.php#L1659
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/embedpress/tags/4.5.1/EmbedPress/Gutenberg/EmbedPressBlockRenderer.php#L1181
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/embedpress/tags/4.5.1/EmbedPress/Gutenberg/EmbedPressBlockRenderer.php#L133
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/embedpress/tags/4.5.1/EmbedPress/Includes/Classes/Helper.php#L1659
