WordPress plugin vulnerabilities
PDF Embedder - PDF Viewer & Embed PDF Files for WordPress vulnerabilities
Known security issues in the PDF Embedder - PDF Viewer & Embed PDF Files for WordPress WordPress plugin, by affected version, with severity, CVE and the version that fixes each one.
- Plugin slug
- pdf-embedder
- Latest version
- 5.0.2
- Active installs
- 300,000+
- Known vulnerabilities
- 4
- Data updated
- 2026-10-17 06:30 UTC
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Fixed in version 5.0.0 (1)
| Vulnerability | Severity | CVSS | Affected versions | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PDF Embedder <= 4.9.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Information Exposure via Block Editor Page CVE-2026-7526 · Source | Medium | 4.3 | < 5.0.0 | 2026-05-27 |
Fixed in version 4.8.0 (1)
| Vulnerability | Severity | CVSS | Affected versions | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PDF.js < 4.2.67 - Arbitrary JavaScript Execution CVE-2024-4367 · Source | Not rated | - | < 4.8.0 | 2024-05-14 |
Fixed in version 4.7.1 (1)
| Vulnerability | Severity | CVSS | Affected versions | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WordPress PDF Embedder Plugin <= 4.6.4 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) CVE-2024-29141 · Source | Medium | 5.5 | < 4.7.1 | 2024-03-18 |
Affects version 4.4 and earlier (1)
The source does not state the fixed version; versions after this one are not listed as affected.
| Vulnerability | Severity | CVSS | Affected versions | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [en] The Lever PDF Embedder plugin 4.4 for WordPress does not block the distribution of polyglot PDF documents that are valid JAR archives. CVE-2019-19589 · Source | Critical | 9.8 | <= 4.4 | 2019-12-05 |
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