Google Doc Embedder <= 2.6.4 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Blind Server Side Request Forgery

Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
CVE CVE-2024-0216
CVSS Medium (6.4)
Publicly Published April 29, 2024
Last Updated April 30, 2024
Researcher István Márton
Description

The Google Doc Embedder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server Side Request Forgery via the 'gview' shortcode in versions up to, and including, 2.6.4. This can allow authenticated attackers with contributor-level permissions or 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.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug google-document-embedder (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? No
Affected Version
  • <= 2.6.4
Patched Version
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