CVE-2026-84936: CWE-284 Improper Access Control in EmbedPress
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.
CVE-2026-84936: CWE-284 Improper Access Control in EmbedPress
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.
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Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- WPScan
- Date Reserved
- 2026-09-02T16:28:22.323Z
- Cvss Version
- null
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 6a9bb8bbacd9273b49723e12
Added to database: 09/05/2026, 06:37:47 UTC
Last updated: 09/05/2026, 07:52:22 UTC
Views: 3
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