What is CVE-2026-85000?

CVE-2026-85000 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Embedpress, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-10-14.

How severe is CVE-2026-85000?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Embedpress

CVE-2026-85000

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 entries, allowing unauthenticated attackers to consume the site owner's third-party API quota and write unbounded records into the site's database.

Published 2026-10-14 · last modified 2026-10-14.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

No EPSS score from FIRST.org yet. New CVEs usually get one within a few days; no score means no signal yet, not low risk. How EPSS works.

Affected products

Embedpress

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-284 — Improper Access Control

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/3c7f7d07-2c46-4839-b97f-27fe41e6292d/ (technical-description, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-85000?: CVE-2026-85000 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Embedpress, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-10-14.
How severe is CVE-2026-85000?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.