Server-Side Request Forgery Vulnerability in Embed Any Document Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2025-1043

6.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
Embed Any Document – Embed PDF, Word, Powerpoint And Excel Files
Vendor
CVE Published:
20 February 2025

What is CVE-2025-1043?

The Embed Any Document plugin for WordPress is susceptible to Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF), allowing authenticated attackers with Contributor-level access or higher to exploit the ‘embeddoc’ shortcode. This vulnerability permits them to initiate web requests to arbitrary endpoints, potentially enabling unauthorized access and manipulation of internal services, which raises significant security concerns for users relying on this functionality.

Affected Version(s)

Embed Any Document – Embed PDF, Word, PowerPoint and Excel Files * <= 2.7.5

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3242370/embe...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.4
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Youcef Hamdani
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