Vulnerability · Published Feb 20, 2025 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2025-1043Embed Any Document – Embed PDF, Word, PowerPoint and Excel Files <= 2.7.5 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Blind Server-Side Request Forgery via embeddoc Shortcode
Medium 6.4
In plain English
A medium-severity server-side request forgery in Embed Any Document – Embed PDF, Word, PowerPoint and Excel Files from awsmin. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 23% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official 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.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| awsmin | Embed Any Document – Embed PDF, Word, PowerPoint and Excel Files | 0 – through 2.7.5 |
Weakness: CWE-918 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N