Document Embedder <= 2.0.4 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Authenticated (Author+) Arbitrary Document Library Entry Deletion

Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
CVE CVE-2026-1389
CVSS Medium (5.3)
Publicly Published January 27, 2026
Last Updated January 28, 2026
Researcher Itthidej Aramsri (Boeing777)
Description

The Document Embedder – Embed PDFs, Word, Excel, and Other Files plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.4. This is due to the plugin not verifying that a user has permission to access the requested resource in the 'bplde_save_document_library', 'bplde_get_single', and 'bplde_delete_document_library' AJAX actions. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to read, modify, and delete Document Library entries created by other users, including administrators, via the 'id' parameter.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug document-emberdder (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.0.4
Patched Version
  • 2.0.5
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