CVE-2024-0216: Google Doc Embedder <= 2.6.4 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Blind Server Side Request Forgery

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.4 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-04-30 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-918

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.

Affected products

levertechadmin Google Doc Embedder: through 2.6.4

References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/google-document-embedder/tags/2.6.4/functions.php#L187
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/75e55138-b091-4113-89da-e1ca45fb99ea?source=cve
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/google-document-embedder/tags/2.6.4/functions.php#L187
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/75e55138-b091-4113-89da-e1ca45fb99ea?source=cve

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