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CVE-2026-85657 Details

ANALYZED

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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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

VolerionCVSS-B:5.4 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CNA: [email protected]CVSS-B:5.4 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/publishpress-authors/tags/4.15.0/src/modules/author-boxes/author-boxes.php#L2019	[email protected]	Source CodeVendor
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d4cc9537-879c-4c12-8b76-60241b7a3420?source=cve	[email protected]	AdvisoryBundleRemedy

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-79	Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
PublishPress Authors	<= 4.15.0 (semver)
CPE No CPEs found in CPE dictionary for this product. Remediation Upgrade: 4.16.0moderate effort

Change History

2 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Sep 15, 2026	CVE Modified	CISA-ADP
Sep 15, 2026	New CVE Received	[email protected]