CVE-2026-85000
EmbedPress < 4.6.8 - Unauthenticated YouTube API Quota Consumption and Database Bloating
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 5.3 Medium
- Published
- Oct 14, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 14, 2026
- Reserved
- Sep 2, 2026
Description
The EmbedPress WordPress plugin before 4.6.8 does not perform any capability or nonce check on an unauthenticated request that triggers a server-side, credential-bearing request to a third-party API and stores attacker-controlled cache entries, allowing unauthenticated attackers to consume the site owner's third-party API quota and write unbounded records into the site's database.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 5.3 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N | CISA-ADP |
Weaknesses
- CWE-284 Improper Access Control
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
EmbedPressUnknown |
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References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/3c7f7d07-2c46-4839-b97f-27fe41e6292d/exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description
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