vulnerability
WordPress Plugin: embed-any-document: CVE-2025-1043: Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N) | Feb 19, 2025 | May 15, 2025 | Apr 30, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
Feb 19, 2025
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Apr 30, 2026
Description
The Embed Any Document – Embed PDF, Word, PowerPoint and Excel Files plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 2.7.5 via the 'embeddoc' shortcode. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to make web requests to arbitrary locations originating from the web application and can be used to query and modify information from internal services.
Solution
embed-any-document-plugin-cve-2025-1043
References
Rapid7 Labs
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