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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.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":5.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-09","score":0.00235,"percentile":0.14473,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-79"],"published":"2026-09-15T01:03:08Z","modified":"2026-09-15T19:17:44Z","products":[{"vendor":"publishpress","product":"co-authors, multiple authors and guest authors in an author box with publishpress authors"}],"references":[{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d4cc9537-879c-4c12-8b76-60241b7a3420?source=cve"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/publishpress-authors/tags/4.15.0/src/modules/author-boxes/author-boxes.php#L2019"},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-85657"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-786g-g6vf-28p6"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2026-85657","title":"Co-Authors, Multiple Authors and Guest Authors in an Author Box with PublishPress Authors \u003c=  4.15.0 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'profile_fields_user_email_value_prefix' Parameter","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. 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