CVE-2024-50440

MEDIUM 5.4CVE-2024-50440 · Published 28/10/2024 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2024-50440 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.4) vulnerability affecting codepen (codepen).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.26%, higher than 17.9% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 1.0.3 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
codepen codepen	`< 1.0.3`	`1.0.3`

Description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Chris Coyier CodePen Embedded Pens Shortcode codepen-embedded-pen-shortcode allows Stored XSS.This issue affects CodePen Embedded Pens Shortcode: from n/a through <= 1.0.2.

References

patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/codepen-embedded-pen-shortcode/vulnerability/wordpress-codepen-embedded-pens-shortcode-plugin-1-0-2-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability

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