WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
EmbedPress < 4.6.8 - Unauthenticated YouTube API Quota Consumption and Database Bloating
Description
The plugin 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.
Proof of Concept
Affects Plugins
References
CVE
Classification
Type
ACCESS CONTROLS
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
Alberto Ucendo Martínez
Submitter
Alberto Ucendo Martínez
Submitter twitter
Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
Timeline
Publicly Published
2026-10-12 (about 2 days ago)
Added
2026-10-12 (about 1 day ago)
Last Updated
2026-10-12 (about 1 day ago)