CVE-2026-84936 EmbedPress 4.6.0 - 4.6.3 - Unauthenticated Google Reviews API Quota Consumption and Database Bloat
Unauthenticated attackers can trigger excessive API costs and database bloat in EmbedPress by exploiting missing authorization on review loading.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-84936?
CVE-2026-84936 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown EmbedPress, published on 5 Sep 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The EmbedPress WordPress plugin before 4.6.4 does not have proper authorization on a public review-loading action, allowing unauthenticated users to force the site to make repeated billable third-party API requests using the site's own configured API key, and to create an unbounded number of attacker-controlled rows in the database.
Weakness: CWE-284
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-84936?
How do I fix CVE-2026-84936?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-84936 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-2026-84936 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-84936 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-5cvh-x6xg-5fhw.