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CVE-2026-101920

Molongui Authorship <= 5.2.12 - Unauthenticated Stored DOM-Based Cross-Site Scripting via Comment href Attribute

molongui Molongui Authorship – Author Boxes, Guest Authors & Co-Authors for WordPressApplications & CMS
CVSS
7.2High
ExploitationNo known exploitationNot in CISA KEV, which does not prove it is unexploitedCISA KEV
Exploit odds (EPSS)0.30%Chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 21% of CVEs. Scored 23 Oct 2026FIRST EPSS
Fixed inNone listedNo source names a fixed version yet
Published10 Oct 2026Updated 11 Oct 2026CVE List

What fixes it

No source in this snapshot names a fixed version.

Description

The Molongui Authorship – Author Boxes, Guest Authors & Co-Authors for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored DOM-Based Cross-Site Scripting via the 'comment (href attribute inside comment content)' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 5.2.12 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This is exploitable in the free build because the plugin's author-filter rewriter never appends the ?m_bm=true marker to its own anchors (Plugin::has_pro() returns false), meaning every href the byline script selects and rewrites is fully attacker-controlled.

Text from CVE List

Affected versions 1

  • Molongui Authorship – Author Boxes, Guest Authors & Co-Authors for WordPressaffected: all versions through 5.2.12CVE List

References 5