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Embed Any Document – Embed PDF, Word, PowerPoint and Excel Files <= 2.7.5 is vulnerable to Authenticated (Contributor+) Blind Server-Side Request Forgery via embeddoc Shortcode vulnerability

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2025-02-18

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.

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Score:4.9

Severity:Medium

Version: 2.7.5

There is a patch available in v2.7.6 and we strongly recommend you update to this version as soon as possible.