Vulnerability · Published Oct 14, 2026 · Assigned by WPScan

CVE-2026-85000EmbedPress < 4.6.8 - Unauthenticated YouTube API Quota Consumption and Database Bloating

Medium 5.3

In plain English

A medium-severity improper access control in EmbedPress from Unknown. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 15% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.3Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 85.0% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Unknown	EmbedPress	0 – before 4.6.8

Weakness: CWE-284 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/3c7f7d07-2c46-4839-b97f-27fe41e6292d/ exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description