CVE-2026-84927 EmbedPress 4.6.0 - 4.6.3 - Contributor+ Google Reviews Modification
Contributors can modify site-wide Google Reviews settings via an insecure REST API route, allowing unauthorized data injection and deletion.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-84927?
CVE-2026-84927 is a low-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown EmbedPress, published on 5 Sep 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The EmbedPress WordPress plugin before 4.6.4 does not perform a sufficient authorization check on one of its Google Reviews REST API routes, allowing users with the Contributor role and above to modify a site-wide store, deleting entries an administrator configured and injecting their own, which are rendered publicly across the site.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-84927?
How do I fix CVE-2026-84927?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-84927 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2026-84927 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-84927 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-6rmc-pw7c-rvpw.