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

Fixed in 4.6.8

References

Classification

Type
ACCESS CONTROLS
CWE

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Alberto Ucendo Martínez
Submitter
Alberto Ucendo Martínez
Submitter twitter
Verified
Yes

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)

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