CVE-2023-49837 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in David Artiss Code Embed

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in David Artiss Code Embed.This issue affects Code Embed: from n/a through 2.3.6.

01What is this vulnerability?

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in David Artiss Code Embed.This issue affects Code Embed: from n/a through 2.3.6.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
David Artiss	Code Embed	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2024-03-21T17:07:27.794Z
• Last modified: 2025-03-13T18:41:53.663Z

09References

• patchstack.com — https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/simple-embed-code/wordpress-embed-…