WordPress Youtube Embed Plus plugin <= 14.2.4 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

published 2026-04-08 7 mo ago modified 2026-07-24 3 mo ago also EUVD-2026-20153

cvss: 4.3; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.2%; EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 10%
public exploits: 0; none known

Missing Authorization vulnerability in embedplus Youtube Embed Plus youtube-embed-plus allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Youtube Embed Plus: from n/a through <= 14.2.4.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

embedplus Youtube Embed Plus 14.2.5

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 6 mo ago (2026-04-10)

Exploit prediction

0.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 10% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	4.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CISA ADP	3.1	4.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Affected products

embedplus Youtube Embed Plus

Classification

Weakness

CWE-862 Missing Authorization

Technology feeds

WordPress rss critical rss

References

patchstack.com /database/Wordpress/Plugin/youtube-embed-plus/vulnerability/wordpress-youtube-embed-plus-plugin-14-2-4-broken-
vdb-entry

Sources

CVE List CVE-2026-39485
NVD CVE-2026-39485

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CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Added CPE configurations because not yet analyzed by NVD.

Summary