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WP Post Author
Plugin description
WP Post Author displays customizable post author profiles, biographies, avatars, and social information within WordPress content.
WP Post Author (wp-post-author) is a WordPress plugin with 7 published CVE records in this archive. The latest tracked vulnerability was published Aug 05, 2026; the highest published CVSS base score is 8.5.
Plugin slug:
wp-post-authorLatest vulnerability
CVE-2026-11977: WP Post Author guest-author tokens permit author-level second-order SQL injection
WP Post Author through 3.9.1 lets an Author store a crafted guest-author token through wpma_metabox_authors_list while creating or editing a post. When an administrator later loads /wp-admin/edit.php, the stored token reaches an insufficiently prepared query and the resulting value is rendered in the Authors column. The two-stage chain can extract sensitive database information.
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| Aug 05, 2026 |
CVE-2026-11977
WP Post Author guest-author tokens permit author-level second-order SQL injection
WP Post Author through 3.9.1 lets an Author store a crafted guest-author token through wpma_metabox_authors_list while creating or editing a post. When an administrator later loads /wp-admin/edit.php, the stored token reaches an insufficiently prepared query and the resulting value is rendered in the Authors column. The two-stage chain can extract sensitive database information.
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> 3.9.1 |
CVE6.5
NVDPending
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| Jun 26, 2026 |
CVE-2026-57643
WP Post Author: SQL injection
WP Post Author is affected by SQL injection. Exploitation requires an authenticated contributor account. A successful request can alter database queries and expose or modify WordPress data. The published affected range is n/a through 3.9.1.
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3.10.0 |
CVE8.5
NVDPending
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| Jan 02, 2025 |
CVE-2024-56247
WP Post Author: SQL injection
WP Post Author is affected by SQL injection. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. A successful request can alter database queries and expose or modify WordPress data.
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See mitigation notes |
CVE7.6
NVD7.2
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| Oct 12, 2024 |
CVE-2024-8757
Wp Post Author: SQL injection
Wp Post Author is affected by SQL injection. Exploitation requires an authenticated author account. A successful request can alter database queries and expose or modify WordPress data.
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See mitigation notes |
CVE7.2
NVDPending
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| Jul 22, 2024 |
CVE-2024-37101
WP Post Author: Cross-site scripting
WP Post Author is affected by cross-site scripting. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. Injected script can execute in the affected site's origin when the vulnerable output is viewed.
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See mitigation notes |
CVE6.5
NVD5.4
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| May 06, 2024 |
CVE-2024-34389
WP Post Author: A security weakness
WP Post Author is affected by a security weakness. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.
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See mitigation notes |
CVE4.3
NVD4.3
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| May 06, 2024 |
CVE-2024-34387
WP Post Author: A security weakness
WP Post Author is affected by a security weakness. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.
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See mitigation notes |
CVE4.3
NVD4.3
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