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CVE-2026-1389: Document Embedder <= 2.0.4 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Authenticated (Author+) Arbitrary Document Library Entry Deletion

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-01-28 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-639

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.

Affected products

• bplugins Document Embedder – Embed PDFs, Word, Excel, and Other Files: through 2.0.4

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/document-emberdder/tags/2.0.3/includes/DocumentLibrary/Init-DocumentLibrary.php#L103
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/document-emberdder/tags/2.0.3/includes/DocumentLibrary/Init-DocumentLibrary.php#L159
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/document-emberdder/tags/2.0.3/includes/DocumentLibrary/Init-DocumentLibrary.php#L66
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/document-emberdder/tags/2.0.5/includes/DocumentLibrary/Init-DocumentLibrary.php
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/59d14f6c-6286-454c-8629-96a0c2de943c?source=cve

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