CVE-2026-84936

EmbedPress 4.6.0 - 4.6.3 - Unauthenticated Google Reviews API Quota Consumption and Database Bloat

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.

Affected

EmbedPress

CVSS v3.1 CNA

5.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

EPSS

0.30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 22nd percentile

Published

2026-09-05

Updated

2026-09-06

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/bd708c98-1657-423b-aa2b-14aa18307c03/

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry