[ CVE-2026-108685 · Published 29 Oct 2026 ]
Vulnerability in Unknown WP Post Author
CVSS 3.7
EPSS <1%No fix listed yet
[ Description ]Official description
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.
[ Fixes ]Fixes and patches
No fix or interim patch is linked from our sources yet. Check the vendor references below and limit exposure of affected systems until a fix is available.