WordPress plugin · pdf-embedder
Is PDF Embedder safe?
Safe on 5.0.2 or newer.
The current version, 5.0.2, is past every affected range on record (3 of 3 records list one). Keep it updated and you’re clear of them.
- Flaws on record
- 3
- High or critical
- 1
- Exploited
- none
- Current version
- 5.0.2
- Last updated
- Aug 14, 2026
- Active installs
- 300,000+
Every recorded flaw
- May 28, 2026PDF Embedder: Sensitive Information ExposureCVE-2026-7526 · affects up to 4.9.3 · reported by WordfenceMedium 4.3
- Mar 19, 2024PDF Embedder: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')CVE-2024-29141 · affects up to 4.6.4 · reported by PatchstackMedium 5.5
- Dec 4, 2019The Lever PDF Embedder plugin 4.4 for WordPress does not block the distribution of polyglot PDF documents that are valid JAR archives.CVE-2019-19589 · affects 4.4 to 4.4 · reported by MITRE1.8% oddsCritical 9.8
Records come from the National Vulnerability Database, published by the researchers who found each flaw (Wordfence, Patchstack, WPScan and others); exploited status from CISA; exploit odds from FIRST’s EPSS; current version, installs and closures from wordpress.org, checked daily. Want every plugin on your site checked at once? Run the free website check.
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