{"id":"CVE-2026-85000","title":"The EmbedPress  WordPress plugin before 4.6.8 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 …","summary":"The EmbedPress  WordPress plugin before 4.6.8 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 …","severity":"medium","cvss":5.3,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N","cwe":["CWE-284"],"published":"2026-10-14","updated":"2026-10-14","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-14T16:14:02.800","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-85000","references":[{"url":"https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/3c7f7d07-2c46-4839-b97f-27fe41e6292d/","label":"contact@wpscan.com"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org"],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-14T07:21:04.842Z","product":"EmbedPress","affected":["EmbedPress < 4.6.8"],"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"yes","technicalImpact":"partial","timestamp":"2026-10-14T13:28:31.419938Z"},"epss":0.00239,"epssPercentile":0.14877,"slug":"CVE-2026-85000","body":"## Overview\n\nThe EmbedPress  WordPress plugin before 4.6.8 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.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":29,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":29.2,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[{"seq":220266,"id":"CVE-2026-85000","ts":1791992305475,"field":"cvss","old":null,"new":"5.3"},{"seq":220265,"id":"CVE-2026-85000","ts":1791992305475,"field":"severity","old":"none","new":"medium"}]}