Medium severity · published Oct 14, 2026
CVE-2026-85000
EmbedPress < 4.6.8 - Unauthenticated YouTube API Quota Consumption and Database Bloating
5.3
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 15% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
EM
EmbedPress ·
before 4.6.8 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-85000
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-85000
exploit
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/3c7f7d07-2c46-4839-b97f-27fe41e6292d/
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