WordPress CodePen Embedded Pens Shortcode plugin <= 1.0.0 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

published 2024-07-20 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-36916

cvss: 6.5; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 25%
public exploits: 0; none known

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Chris Coyier CodePen Embedded Pens Shortcode allows Stored XSS.This issue affects CodePen Embedded Pens Shortcode: from n/a through 1.0.0.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

Chris Coyier CodePen Embedded Pens Shortcode 1.0.1

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-07-23)

Exploit prediction

0.32% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 25% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	6.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

Affected products

Chris Coyier CodePen Embedded Pens Shortcode

Classification

Weakness

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

Technology feeds

WordPress rss critical rss

References

patchstack.com /database/vulnerability/codepen-embedded-pen-shortcode/wordpress-codepen-embedded-pens-shortcode-plugin-1-0-0-
vdb-entry

Sources

CVE List CVE-2024-37960
NVD CVE-2024-37960

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Added CPE configurations because not yet analyzed by NVD.

Summary