FKIE_CVE-2023-3371

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2023-06-27 02:15 - Updated: 2026-04-08 19:18
Severity
5.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Summary
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.
References
security@wordfence.comhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/embedpress/tags/3.7.3/EmbedPress/Includes/Classes/Helper.php#L231Product
security@wordfence.comhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/embedpress/tags/3.7.3/EmbedPress/Includes/Classes/Helper.php#L278Product
security@wordfence.comhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/embedpress/tags/3.7.3/Gutenberg/block-backend/block-embedpress.php#L30Product
security@wordfence.comhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2930523/embedpress#file10Patch
security@wordfence.comhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2930523/embedpress#file28Patch
security@wordfence.comhttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c1033b4d-82a0-4484-aebf-f35d6a2a9a13?source=cveThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/embedpress/tags/3.7.3/EmbedPress/Includes/Classes/Helper.php#L231Product
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/embedpress/tags/3.7.3/EmbedPress/Includes/Classes/Helper.php#L278Product
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/embedpress/tags/3.7.3/Gutenberg/block-backend/block-embedpress.php#L30Product
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2930523/embedpress#file10Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2930523/embedpress#file28Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c1033b4d-82a0-4484-aebf-f35d6a2a9a13?source=cveThird Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
wpdeveloper embedpress *
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