CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-16567

MediumCVSS 5.3
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.19%

9th percentile - higher than 9% of all known CVEs

Summary

The Document Embedder WordPress plugin before version 2.3.1 does not check a document's status before issuing a download token and streaming the file, allowing unauthenticated attackers to download arbitrary documents, including private and draft ones, by enumerating IDs.

Risk Assessment

The organization is exposed to leakage of confidential documents, including private and draft ones, which may lead to data confidentiality breach and loss of trust.

Recommendation

It is recommended to immediately update the Document Embedder plugin to version 2.3.1 or later, which includes the security fix.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

The Document Embedder WordPress plugin before 2.3.1 does not check a document's status before issuing a download token and streaming the file, allowing unauthenticated attackers to download arbitrary Document Embedder WordPress plugin before 2.3.1 documents, including private and draft ones, by enumerating IDs.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS