CVE-2026-16567

Medium

Description

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.

SeverityMedium

CVSS5.3

Exploit probability—

ProductDocument Embedder

PublishedAug 27, 2026

First seenAug 27, 2026

Weakness typeCWE-639Authorization bypass through user-controlled key

How to fix

Update

Document Embedder2.3.1 or later

Affected products

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
Document Embedder	v < 2.3.1	2.3.1

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