{"id":"CVE-2026-115610","kind":"vulnerability","aliases":["CVE-2026-115610"],"related":[],"title":"PublishPress Authors WordPress plugin: stored XSS through version 4.17.0","description":"Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in PublishPress PublishPress Authors publishpress-authors allows Stored XSS.This issue affects PublishPress Authors: from n/a through 4.17.0.","summary":"The PublishPress Authors plugin for WordPress does not neutralize input before generating web pages, which allows stored cross-site scripting. An attacker who can supply content that gets saved and shown to others can run scripts in other users' browsers.","severity":"medium","cvss":6.5,"epss":null,"exploited":false,"exploited_at":null,"products":[],"ecosystems":[],"tags":["package","publishpress-authors","wordpress"],"not_affected_if":["plugin-not-installed"],"how_to_check":"- Check whether the PublishPress Authors plugin (`publishpress-authors`) is installed on the WordPress site\n- Compare the installed plugin version against the affected range through `4.17.0`","fix":null,"status":"open","published_at":"2026-10-29T15:17:17+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-10-29T15:25:38+00:00","triaged_at":"2026-10-29T15:26:39+00:00","updated_at":"2026-10-29T15:26:39+00:00","category":"package","confidence":0.6,"triage":{"at":"2026-10-29T15:26:39Z","model":"claude-haiku-5-5","output":{"fix":"unknown","reach":"internet","title":"PublishPress Authors WordPress plugin: stored XSS through version 4.17.0","impact":"medium","summary":"The PublishPress Authors plugin for WordPress does not neutralize input before generating web pages, which allows stored cross-site scripting. An attacker who can supply content that gets saved and shown to others can run scripts in other users' browsers.","audience":"businesses","category":"package","nicknames":[],"who_cares":["wordpress","publishpress-authors"],"confidence":0.6,"fix_status":"unknown","needs_auth":"unknown","worst_case":"Scripts run in other users' browsers on the site, enabling session theft.","analyst_note":"Confirm the fixed version and required privilege level from the NVD entry at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-115610 and the plugin's changelog.","how_to_check":"- Check whether the PublishPress Authors plugin (`publishpress-authors`) is installed on the WordPress site\n- Compare the installed plugin version against the affected range through `4.17.0`","plain_action":"","needs_analyst":true,"not_affected_if":["plugin-not-installed"],"who_is_affected":"Sites running the PublishPress Authors WordPress plugin at version 4.17.0 or earlier. The sources do not say which roles can submit the stored input, so unknown whether only logged-in authors or any visitor can trigger it.","user_interaction":"unknown","needs_special_setup":"unknown","severity_if_unknown":"medium"},"cost_usd":0.000683,"input_tokens":4123,"output_tokens":541,"severity_before":"medium"},"analyst_status":null,"analyst_note":null,"search":"'-115610':12A,15A '-2026':11A,14A '4.17.0':9A,92C 'affect':86C 'allow':36B,82C 'attack':43B 'author':2A,19B,23B,78C,81C,88C 'browser':61B 'content':47B 'cross':39B,71C 'cross-sit':38B,70C 'cve':10A,13A 'generat':32B,69C 'get':49B 'improp':62C 'input':30B,65C 'issu':85C 'n/a':90C 'neutral':29B,63C 'other':54B 'packag':16B 'page':34B,68C 'plugin':4A,24B 'publishpress':1A,18B,22B,76C,77C,80C,87C 'publishpress-author':17B,79C 'run':56B 'save':50B 'script':41B,57B,73C 'shown':52B 'site':40B,72C 'store':5A,37B,83C 'suppli':46B 'user':60B 'version':8A 'vulner':74C 'web':33B,67C 'wordpress':3A,20B,26B 'xss':6A 'xss.this':84C","nicknames":[],"mitigations":[],"who_affected":"Sites running the PublishPress Authors WordPress plugin at version 4.17.0 or earlier. The sources do not say which roles can submit the stored input, so unknown whether only logged-in authors or any visitor can trigger it.","tier":"C","verified":{},"analyst_revisit_at":null,"fix_status":"none","audience":"businesses","plain_action":null,"first_public_at":"2026-10-29T15:17:17+00:00","kev":null,"cvss_vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L","cvss_by":"audit@patchstack.com","poc_count":0,"sources":[{"source":"nvd","external_id":"CVE-2026-115610","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-115610","severity":null,"published_at":"2026-10-29T15:17:17+00:00","modified_at":"2026-10-29T15:18:54+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-10-29T15:25:38+00:00","fetched_at":"2026-10-29T15:25:38+00:00","note":null}],"documents":[],"notice":"Free to read at a human pace. An API with keys and an MCP server are in preparation; early access: hello@infrastack.ai"}