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Low · 3.7 CVE-2026-108685 EUVD-2026-112618GHSA-p922-mx52-2wrj

WP Post Author < 4.2.0 - Unauthenticated Modification of the First User Account's Profile Fields

Published Oct 29, 2026 · Updated Oct 29, 2026 · Assigned by WPScan

Description

The WP Post Author WordPress plugin before 4.2.0 does not check that the account was created before updating its profile during front-end registration, allowing unauthenticated users to overwrite the display name, nickname and website of the first user account, which is normally the administrator, when a registration form declares one of those fields.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
— WP Post Author < 4.2.0 4.2.0

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