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.
Published: 2026-10-14
Score: 5.3 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Wed, 14 Oct 2026 14:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-284
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}

Wed, 14 Oct 2026 06:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
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.
Title EmbedPress < 4.6.8 - Unauthenticated YouTube API Quota Consumption and Database Bloating
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-14T13:42:21.943Z

Reserved: 2026-09-02T18:25:19.475Z

Link: CVE-2026-85000

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-10-14T07:17:03.420

Modified: 2026-10-14T16:14:02.800

Link: CVE-2026-85000

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Updated: 2026-10-14T15:45:03Z

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