CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-18558

MediumCVSS 6.4
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.16%

4th percentile - higher than 4% of all known CVEs

Summary

The Embed Any Document – Embed PDF, Word, PowerPoint and Excel Files plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'embeddoc' shortcode in all versions up to and including 2.7.13. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping, allowing authenticated attackers with contributor-level access and above to inject scripts.

Risk Assessment

Attackers can inject malicious scripts that execute for users visiting injected pages, potentially leading to data theft or session hijacking.

Recommendation

Update the plugin to the latest patched version. Also restrict user privileges and regularly audit content.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

The Embed Any Document – Embed PDF, Word, PowerPoint and Excel Files plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'embeddoc' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 2.7.13 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

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