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Google Doc Embedder <= 2.6.1 — Cross-Site Request Forgery

CVE-2016-10882Published · Updated

Action summary

Affected: ≤2.6.1Update to 2.6.2 or newer

All remediation steps
Severity
High8.8
CVSS
8.8
CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
What does this vector mean?
AV:N Attack vector
Network
AC:L Attack complexity
Low
PR:N Privileges required
None
UI:R User interaction
Required
S:U Scope
Unchanged
C:H Confidentiality
High
I:H Integrity
High
A:H Availability
High
Weakness
CWE-352 CSRF
Required access
No account needed
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
No score
CISA KEV
Not listed

Am I affected?

Google Doc Embedder google-document-embedder

  1. Affected≤ 2.6.1
  2. Patched in2.6.2

Update to 2.6.2 or newer.

You are affected if you run ≤ 2.6.1. Version 2.6.2 and later are not affected by this issue.

  • Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Google Doc Embedder.
  • No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
  • No account is needed to exploit this. Treat any exposed site on an affected version as at risk.

What to do

  1. Update to version 2.6.2, or a newer patched version
  2. Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
  3. Watch Google Doc Embedder to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.

Advisory

Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Tristan Madani.

The Google Doc Embedder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 2.6.1. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to conduct attacks such as cross-site scripting via forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Exploits & references

Proof-of-concept & detection

No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.

Advisories & patches

More in Google Doc Embedder

All 7
More vulnerabilities in Google Doc Embedder
SeverityVulnerabilityCVEPublished
Medium6.4Authenticated (Contributor+) Blind Server Side Request Forgery
≤2.6.4No patch available
CVE-2024-0216
Medium6.1Cross-Site Scripting
<2.6.2Update to 2.6.2
CVE-2016-10881
Medium6.1Cross-Site Scripting
<2.6.1Update to 2.6.1
CVE-2016-10880
Critical9.8SQL Injection
<2.5.17Update to 2.5.17
CVE-2014-9173
Medium5.4Cross-Site Scripting
<2.5.19Update to 2.5.19
CVE-2015-1879

Same weakness (CSRF)

All CSRF
Other CSRF vulnerabilities
SeverityVulnerabilityCVEPublished
High7.2Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Comment User-Agent HeaderCVE-2026-120688
Critical9.8Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload via File Upload via Public Form SubmissionCVE-2026-125055
Critical9.8Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection to Remote Code Execution via 'form' ParameterCVE-2026-119077
Medium5.3Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure in 'search' Parameter
Customer Reviews for WooCommerce≤5.127.0Update to 5.128.0
CVE-2026-121518

Timeline

  1. CVE published

    Severity high, CVSS 8.8

  2. Record last updated

Sources & licenses

Wordfence record
Vulnerability data
Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
CVE® identifiers
Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. Used under the CVE Program. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.
CVSS / CWE
National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
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