CVE-2025-12384: Auth Bypass (CVSS 8.6)

Description

The Document Embedder – Embed PDFs, Word, Excel, and Other Files plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access/modification/loss of data in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.0. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action in the "bplde_save_document_library", "bplde_get_all", "bplde_get_single", and "bplde_delete_document_library" functions. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to create, read, update, and delete arbitrary document_library posts.

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CVSS v3.1 Score

8.6

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L

Weakness Type (CWE)

CWE-862 Missing Authorization

References

Other References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old=3359820&old_path=document-emberdder%2Ftrunk%2Fdocument-library-block.php&new=&new_path=document-emberdder%2Ftrunk%2Fdocument-library-block.php https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old=3359820&old_path=document-emberdder%2Ftrunk%2Fincludes%2FDocumentLibrary%2FInit-DocumentLibrary.php&new=&new_path=document-emberdder%2Ftrunk%2Fincludes%2FDocumentLibrary%2FInit-DocumentLibrary.php https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/eb7e4e96-a4ff-4c6c-91de-c0e5ba78f0da?source=cve

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2025-12384? +

The Document Embedder – Embed PDFs, Word, Excel, and Other Files plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access/modification/loss of data in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.0. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action in the "bplde_save_document_library", "bplde_get_all", "bplde_get_single", and "bplde_delete_document_library" functions. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to create, read, update, and delete arbitrary document_library posts. It has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.6 (HIGH).

How severe is CVE-2025-12384? +

CVE-2025-12384 has a CVSS v3.1 score of 8.6 out of 10, rated HIGH. This is a high-severity vulnerability that should be prioritized for patching.

How do I check if I'm vulnerable to CVE-2025-12384? +

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