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2 vulnerabilities found for Co-Authors, Multiple Authors and Guest Authors in an Author Box with PublishPress Authors by publishpress

CVE-2026-85657 (GCVE-0-2026-85657)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-09-15 01:03
Modified
2026-09-15 19:08
Severity ?
5.4 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Summary
The Co-Authors, Multiple Authors and Guest Authors in an Author Box with PublishPress Authors plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘profile_fields_user_email_value_prefix’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 4.15.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user clicks on a link.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
publishpress Co-Authors, Multiple Authors and Guest Authors in an Author Box with PublishPress Authors Version: 0   ≤ 4.15.0
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CVE-2024-9215 (GCVE-0-2024-9215)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-10-17 02:06
Modified
2026-04-08 17:24
Severity ?
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-639 - Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
Summary
The Co-Authors, Multiple Authors and Guest Authors in an Author Box with PublishPress Authors plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference to Privilege Escalation/Account Takeover in all versions up to, and including, 4.7.1 via the action_edited_author() due to missing validation on the 'authors-user_id' user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to update arbitrary user accounts email addresses, including administrators, which can then be leveraged to reset that user's account password and gain access.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
publishpress Co-Authors, Multiple Authors and Guest Authors in an Author Box with PublishPress Authors Version: 0   ≤ 4.7.1
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