GHSA-g4rw-jrh6-9v37MediumCVSS 6.4
The Author Image plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ...
🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)
📋 Description
The Author Image plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'display_name' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 4.9.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
🔗 References (6)
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-119097
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sem-author-image/trunk/sem-author-image.php#L394
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sem-author-image/trunk/sem-author-image.php#L398
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sem-author-image/trunk/sem-author-image.php#L608
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ecce583b-1e72-44e1-ab33-6cc647e62119?source=cve
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-g4rw-jrh6-9v37