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TI-2025-11804 Aliases CVE-2025-12885GHSA-38q3-29hj-9w26

Embed Any Document <= 2.7.10 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Priority LOW 28CWE-79Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · Low · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

The Embed Any Document – Embed PDF, Word, PowerPoint and Excel Files plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the sanitize_pdf_src function regex bypass in all versions up to, and including, 2.7.10 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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00255 17th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
awsm.inEmbed Any Document – Embed PDF, Word, PowerPoint and Excel Filesup to 2.7.10—No fix listedCNA
  • Embed Any Document – Embed PDF, Word, PowerPoint and Excel Files Vendorawsm.in Affected up to 2.7.10 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-12885
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-38q3-29hj-9w26

References

Other 2

  • TI-2023-24109 WordPress WP Job Openings plugin <= 3.4.1 - Broken Access Control vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
  • TI-2025-37465 WordPress Embed Any Document Plugin <= 2.7.7 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
  • TI-2025-19887 WordPress Drivr Lite – Google Drive Plugin plugin <= 1.0.1 - Stored Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
  • TI-2025-00882 Server-side request forgery in awsm.in Embed Any Document – Embed PDF, Word, PowerPoint… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.4
  • TI-2026-70150 Stored cross-site scripting in Embed Any Document WordPress plugin CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.4

Sources

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