WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Co-Authors, Multiple Authors and Guest Authors in an Author Box with PublishPress Authors < 4.16.0 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'profile_fields_user_email_value_prefix' Parameter

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.

Affects Plugins

Fixed in 4.16.0

References

Classification

Type
XSS
CWE

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Athiwat Tiprasaharn (Jitlada)
Verified
No

Timeline

Publicly Published
2026-09-14 (about 1 month ago)
Added
2026-09-14 (about 1 month ago)
Last Updated
2026-09-15 (about 1 month ago)

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