---
id: "CVE-2026-119097"
page: "https://infrastack.ai/live/CVE-2026-119097"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2026-119097"]
title: "Author Image WordPress plugin: stored script injection via display name"
severity: "medium"
cvss: 6.4
epss: null
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "package"
products: []
ecosystems: []
tags: ["author-image-plugin", "package", "wordpress"]
not_affected_if: ["no-subscriber-accounts", "plugin-not-installed"]
published_at: "2026-11-11T12:19:11+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-11-11T12:27:10+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-11-11T12:28:38+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-119097", "first_seen_at": "2026-11-11T12:27:10+00:00"}]
exploit_sources: []
---

# Author Image WordPress plugin: stored script injection via display name

Link for people: https://infrastack.ai/live/CVE-2026-119097 (this .md is for agents)

The Author Image plugin for WordPress does not sanitize the 'display_name' field, so script injected there is saved and runs in pages. An attacker with a subscriber-level account can run scripts in the browser of any visitor who opens an affected page.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## How to check

- Check whether the Author Image plugin is installed and its version (in WordPress admin under Plugins) against `4.9.3`

## Fix

- Plugin versions above `4.9.3` are not stated as fixed in the sources; unknown

## Timeline

- 2026-11-11T12:27:10+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-119097

## From the sources

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.

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