CVE-2026-84927: CWE-862 Missing Authorization in EmbedPress
The EmbedPress WordPress plugin before 4.6.4 does not perform a sufficient authorization check on one of its Google Reviews REST API routes, allowing users with the Contributor role and above to modify a site-wide store, deleting entries an administrator configured and injecting their own, which are rendered publicly across the site.
CVE-2026-84927: CWE-862 Missing Authorization in EmbedPress
Description
The EmbedPress WordPress plugin before 4.6.4 does not perform a sufficient authorization check on one of its Google Reviews REST API routes, allowing users with the Contributor role and above to modify a site-wide store, deleting entries an administrator configured and injecting their own, which are rendered publicly across the site.
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Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- WPScan
- Date Reserved
- 2026-09-02T16:09:02.492Z
- Cvss Version
- null
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 6a9bb8b9acd9273b49723bc1
Added to database: 09/05/2026, 06:37:45 UTC
Last updated: 09/05/2026, 23:22:17 UTC
Views: 13
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