What is CVE-2026-16567?

CVE-2026-16567 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Document Embedder, classified under Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-08-27.

How severe is CVE-2026-16567?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Document Embedder

CVE-2026-16567

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.

Vulnerability class: IDOR (Insecure Direct Object Reference)

EPSS: 0.001 (3.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Unknown Document Embedder

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-639 — Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

References

contact@wpscan.com (technical-description, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-16567?: CVE-2026-16567 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Document Embedder, classified under Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-08-27.
How severe is CVE-2026-16567?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.