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.
History

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Weaknesses CWE-400

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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Weaknesses CWE-284
CWE-400

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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.
Title EmbedPress 4.6.0 - 4.6.3 - Unauthenticated Google Reviews API Quota Consumption and Database Bloat
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2026-09-05T06:00:10.456Z

Updated: 2026-09-06T10:23:48.136Z

Reserved: 2026-09-02T16:28:22.323Z

Link: CVE-2026-84936

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-06T10:23:27.247Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-09-05T07:17:14.873

Modified: 2026-09-08T19:15:18.627

Link: CVE-2026-84936

cve-icon Redhat

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