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Medium · 5.4 CVE-2026-85657 EUVD-2026-78244GHSA-786g-g6vf-28p6

Co-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

Published Sep 15, 2026 · Updated Sep 15, 2026 · Assigned by Wordfence

Description

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
publishpress Co-Authors, Multiple Authors and Guest Authors in an Author Box with PublishPress Authors ≤ 4.15.0 —

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