CVE-2025-12885 Embed Any Document <= 2.7.10 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Authenticated contributors can inject arbitrary scripts via a regex bypass in the Embed Any Document plugin, leading to stored XSS.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-12885?
CVE-2025-12885 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in awsmin Embed Any Document – Embed PDF, Word, PowerPoint and Excel Files, published on 18 Dec 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-12885?
How do I fix CVE-2025-12885?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-12885 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.
Is CVE-2025-12885 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-12885 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-38q3-29hj-9w26.