CVE-2026-16567Document Embedder < 2.3.1 - Unauthenticated Private Document Download via Token Oracle
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The Document Embedder WordPress plugin before 2.3.1 does not check a document's status before issuing a download token and streaming the file, allowing unauthenticated attackers to download arbitrary Document Embedder WordPress plugin before 2.3.1 documents, including private and draft ones, by enumerating IDs.
- CVSS
- 5.3 MEDIUM (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-639
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- WPScan
- NVD analysis
- Deferred
- Record last updated
- Aug 27, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Unknown Document Embedder unknown:document_embedder (from the name) | before 2.3.1 | CNA record |
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/abf97927-cee2-44f4-a495-c7571d43be95/exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description
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