CVE-2025-12885

MEDIUM

Embed Any Document <= 2.7.10 - Authenticated Stored XSS via sanitize_pdf_src Regex Bypass

Title source: llm

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.

References (2)

Core 2

Core References

Product

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3406443/

Third Party Advisory

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/efbdf0f0-6b38-418c-b3fb-396f89ada34f?source=cve

Scores

CVSS v3 6.4

EPSS 0.0024

EPSS Percentile 15.3%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE

CWE-79

Status published

Products (1)

awsmin/Embed Any Document – Embed PDF, Word, PowerPoint and Excel Files < 2.7.10

Published Dec 18, 2025

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026