Known vulnerabilities in PDF Embedder – PDF Viewer & Embed PDF Files for WordPress

Embed PDF files in WordPress posts and pages with a responsive PDF viewer block, live Block Editor preview, and no third-party services.

3Reported vulnerabilities

9.8Highest CVSS score

5.0.2Latest version

300,000+Active installs

What to do now

Update PDF Embedder – PDF Viewer & Embed PDF Files for WordPress to 5.0.0 or later. 2 of these have a fixed version available. Updating resolves them.

Plugin last updated: August 14, 2026 / Tested up to WordPress: 7.1 / View on wordpress.org

Reported vulnerabilities

Ordered by how urgently they need attention — whether a vulnerability is actually being exploited, and how likely exploitation is, rather than CVSS severity alone.

CVE	Severity	Exploit probability next 30 days	Affected versions	Fixed in	Published
CVE-2019-19589	Critical 9.8	1.8%	4.4 to 4.4 (inclusive)	—	December 5, 2019
CVE-2024-29141	Medium 6.4	0.3%	4.6.4 and earlier	`4.7.1`	March 18, 2024
CVE-2026-7526	Medium 4.3	0.4%	0 to 4.9.3 (inclusive)	`5.0.0`	May 28, 2026

Sources: vulnerability records from NVD, exploitation from CISA KEV, exploit probability from EPSS. Affected versions come from CPE ranges or from the reporting CNA.