CVE-2026-85657Co-Authors, Multiple Authors and Guest Authors in an Author Box with PublishPress Authors <= 4.15.0 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'profile_fields_user_email_value_prefix' Parameter
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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.
- CVSS
- 5.4 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-79
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Wordfence
- NVD analysis
- Deferred
- Record last updated
- Sep 15, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
publishpress Co-Authors, Multiple Authors and Guest Authors in an Author Box with PublishPress Authors publishpress:co_authors_multiple_authors_and_guest_authors_in_an_author_box_with_publishpress_authors (from the name) | through 4.15.0 | CNA record |
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d4cc9537-879c-4c12-8b76-60241b7a3420?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/publishpress-authors/tags/4.15.0/src/modules/author-boxes/author-boxes.php#L2019
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