CVE-2026-101920 Molongui Authorship – Author Boxes, Guest Authors & Co-Authors for WordPress - Stored XSS

Molongui Authorship – Author Boxes, Guest Authors & Co-Authors for WordPress plugin <= 5.2.12 contains a stored DOM-based cross-site scripting caused by insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the 'comment' href attribute, letting unauthenticated attackers inject arbitrary scripts that execute when users access the page, exploit requires no authentication.

CVSS base score 7.2 /10
High
CISA KEV
Not listed
Public exploit
None known
Authentication
Not required
EPSS
0.30% chance of exploitation in 30 days
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Details

Type
Stored XSS
Impact
Stored XSS
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Published
10 October 2026
Updated
15 October 2026
Weakness
CWE-79

Vendor fix

Update to the latest version beyond 5.2.12.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

References

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