🔐 CVE Alert

CVE-2026-85657

MEDIUM 5.4

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

CVSS Score
5.4
EPSS Score
0.1%
EPSS Percentile
4th

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.

CWE CWE-79
Vendor publishpress
Product co-authors, multiple authors and guest authors in an author box with publishpress authors
Published Sep 15, 2026
Last Updated Sep 15, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability

Affected Versions

publishpress / Co-Authors, Multiple Authors and Guest Authors in an Author Box with PublishPress Authors
0 ≤ 4.15.0

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗
wordfence.com: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d4cc9537-879c-4c12-8b76-60241b7a3420?source=cve plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/publishpress-authors/tags/4.15.0/src/modules/author-boxes/author-boxes.php#L2019

Credits

Athiwat Tiprasaharn (Jitlada)