CVE-2025-12384 Missing authorization in Document Embedder – Embed PDFs, Word, Excel, and Other Files
Unauthenticated attackers can create, read, update, and delete arbitrary document library posts due to missing authorization checks in the Document Embedder plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-12384?
CVE-2025-12384 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in bplugins Document Embedder – Embed PDFs, Word, Excel, and Other Files, published on 5 Nov 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Document Embedder – Embed PDFs, Word, Excel, and Other Files plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access/modification/loss of data in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.0. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action in the "bplde_save_document_library", "bplde_get_all", "bplde_get_single", and "bplde_delete_document_library" functions. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to create, read, update, and delete arbitrary document_library posts.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-12384?
How do I fix CVE-2025-12384?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-12384 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2025-12384 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-12384 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4whc-73rx-33pq.