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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00166.

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
Unknown EmbedPress unaffected
Version Status Constraints
0 affected < 4.6.8

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https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/3c7f7d07-2c46-4839-b97f-27fe41e6292d/ cve-icon cve-icon
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

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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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