CVE-2026-108685

The WP Post Author WordPress plugin before 4.2.0 does not check that the account was created before updating its profile during front-end registration, allowing unauthenticated users to overwrite the display name, nickname and website of the first user account, which is normally the administrator, when a registration form declares one of those fields.
Configurations

No configuration.

History

29 Oct 2026, 11:17

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CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : unknown
v3 : 3.7
CWE CWE-862

29 Oct 2026, 06:17

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New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-10-29 06:17

Updated : 2026-10-29 15:18


NVD link : CVE-2026-108685

Mitre link : CVE-2026-108685

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-108685


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Products Affected

No product.

CWE
CWE-862

Missing Authorization