CVE-2026-85000 EmbedPress < 4.6.8 - Unauthenticated YouTube API Quota Consumption and Database Bloating
Unauthenticated attackers can consume API quotas and bloat the database by exploiting missing authorization checks in the EmbedPress WordPress plugin.
- 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-2026-85000?
CVE-2026-85000 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown EmbedPress, published on 14 Oct 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 4.6.8 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.
Weakness: CWE-284
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-85000?
How do I fix CVE-2026-85000?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-85000 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-2026-85000 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-85000 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hm84-pqjf-hgxq.