wpeverest PDFDraft Plugin up to 1.1.0 on WordPress REST Endpoint templates serveTemplatePdfAjax/serveTemplatePdf slug privileges management

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A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in wpeverest PDFDraft Plugin up to 1.1.0. Affected by this issue is the function serveTemplatePdfAjax/serveTemplatePdf of the file /wp-json/pdfdraft/v1/embed-pdf/templates of the component REST Endpoint. This manipulation of the argument slug causes privileges management. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-12124. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability has been found in wpeverest PDFDraft Plugin up to 1.1.0 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function serveTemplatePdfAjax/serveTemplatePdf of the file /wp-json/pdfdraft/v1/embed-pdf/templates of the component REST Endpoint. The manipulation of the argument slug with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

The PDFDraft – Drag & Drop PDF Builder, PDF Viewer, Embed & Download PDF, Certificate & Invoice Designer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the serveTemplatePdfAjax() function and the serveTemplatePdf() REST route (which is registered with `permission_callback => '__return_true'`) in versions up to, and including, 1.1.0. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to download stored template PDFs — which may contain customer PII, invoice, order, and certificate data — by requesting the publicly registered admin-ajax action `pdfdraft_embed_pdf` or the REST endpoint `/wp-json/pdfdraft/v1/embed-pdf/templates/{slug}/pdf` with a known or guessable design slug, bypassing the plugin's own .

It is possible to read the advisory at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-12124 since 06/12/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/28/2026). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• wpeverest

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• PDFDraft Plugin

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• 1.0
• 1.1.0

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