Embed Any Document: known security problems
5 known security problems reported for this WordPress plugin, with the affected versions, the fix and what to do.
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In short
There are 5 known security problems on this page. Each one has a fixed version. Updating to version 2.7.14 or newer covers every fixed problem listed here.
Based on public reports. Check the plugin’s changelog. Watchfox AI may be wrong.
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Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 2.7.13)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 2.7.13
- Fixed in
- 2.7.14
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Embed Any Document to version 2.7.14 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-18558
- Report title
- Embed Any Document <= 2.7.13 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'embeddoc' Shortcode
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 2.7.10)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 2.7.10
- Fixed in
- 2.7.11
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Embed Any Document to version 2.7.11 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2025-12885
- Report title
- Embed Any Document <= 2.7.10 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 2.7.7)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 2.7.7
- Fixed in
- 2.7.8
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Embed Any Document to version 2.7.8 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2025-60099
- Report title
- Embed Any Document <= 2.7.7 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone with a contributor account on your site could make your server visit other addresses on their behalf
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 2.7.5
- Fixed in
- 2.7.6
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Embed Any Document to version 2.7.6 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2025-1043
- Report title
- Embed Any Document – Embed PDF, Word, PowerPoint and Excel Files <= 2.7.5 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Blind Server-Side Request Forgery via embeddoc Shortcode
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone with an author account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 2.7.1
- Fixed in
- 2.7.2
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Embed Any Document to version 2.7.2 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2023-23707
- Report title
- Embed Any Document – Embed PDF, Word, PowerPoint and Excel Files <= 2.7.1 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via SVG files
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Where this comes from
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