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TI-2026-70150 Aliases CVE-2026-18558GHSA-cm59-2v4c-p8f9

Stored cross-site scripting in Embed Any Document WordPress plugin

Priority LOW 27CWE-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 plugin for WordPress by awsmin is affected in all versions up to and including 2.7.13. Insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the embeddoc shortcode (CWE-79) let an authenticated attacker with Contributor-level access or higher store arbitrary web scripts in pages. The scripts run whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29

Description from the CNA

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00152 4th 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 2.7.13—No fix listedCNA
  • Embed Any Document – Embed PDF, Word, PowerPoint and Excel Files Vendorawsm.in Affected up to 2.7.13 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

Remediation

The sources list no fixed version for Embed Any Document (Embed PDF, Word, PowerPoint and Excel Files).

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-10 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-18558
  2. 2026-10-10 Alias added: GHSA-cm59-2v4c-p8f9
  3. 2026-10-11 CISA SSVC decision points changed
  4. 2026-10-11 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW

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-2025-11804 Embed Any Document <= 2.7.10 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.4
  • TI-2025-00882 Server-side request forgery in awsm.in Embed Any Document – Embed PDF, Word, PowerPoint… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.4

Sources

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