Document Embedder – Embed PDFs, Word, Excel, and Other Files: A security weakness
Document Embedder – Embed PDFs, Word, Excel, and Other Files is affected by a security weakness. Exploitation requires at least author-level access. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.
- Component
- Document Embedder – Embed PDFs, Word, Excel, and Other Files
- Plugin slug
document-emberdder- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Jan 28, 2026
This CVE was published Jan 28, 2026 and is one of 1 known issue for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Document Embedder – Embed PDFs, Word, Excel, and Other Files to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical description
The Document Embedder – Embed PDFs, Word, Excel, and Other Files plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.4. This is due to the plugin not verifying that a user has permission to access the requested resource in the 'bplde_save_document_library', 'bplde_get_single', and 'bplde_delete_document_library' AJAX actions. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to read, modify, and delete Document Library entries created by other users, including administrators, via the 'id' parameter.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N