Authorization bypass in bPlugins Document Embedder – Embed PDFs, Word, Excel, and Other…
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-639.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-1389
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-h376-x6h9-h5f3
References
Other 5
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/59d14f6c-6286-454c-8629-96a0c2de943c?source=cve
- 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/2.0.3/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/2.0.5/includes/DocumentLibrary/Init-DocumentLibrary.php
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Sources
- CVE-2026-1389 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-1389 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-h376-x6h9-h5f3 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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