CVE-2026-85000

EmbedPress < 4.6.8 - Unauthenticated YouTube API Quota Consumption and Database Bloating

Published Oct 14, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 5.3 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

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Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Wordpress-extensions
Wordpress-extensions embedpress
Vendors & Products Wordpress-extensions
Wordpress-extensions embedpress
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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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'}

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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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
WPScan
Published
Updated
Oct 14, 2026, 1:42 PM
Reserved
Sep 2, 2026, 6:25 PM
Status
Deferred
Published
Oct 14, 2026, 7:17 AM
Modified
Oct 14, 2026, 4:14 PM