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Access violation vulnerability in WP Post Author – Enhance Your Posts with the Author Bio, Co-Authors, Guest Authors, and Post Rating System, including User Registration Form Builder 3.6.4

  • Severity: medium-risk
  • Status: Fixed
  • Publication: May 6, 2024

The plugin “WP Post Author” for WordPress has a security vulnerability that allows unauthorized users to access and manipulate ratings. This is because the plugin does not have a proper check in place to prevent this.

Detected in:

Boost Your Blog's Engagement with WP Post Author: Add an Author Box, Social Links, Co-Authors, Guest Authors, Post Rating System, and Custom User Registration Form Builder fixed vulnerable versions:
Enhance Your Posts with Author Box, Social Links, Co-Authors, Guest Authors, and Post Rating System, including User Registration Form Builder – WP Post Author fixed vulnerable versions:
Enhance Your Posts with the WP Post Author Box, Co-Authors, Guest Authors, and Post Rating System Solution, including Registration Form Builder fixed vulnerable versions: >= * <= 3.6.4
Enhance Your Posts with the WP Post Author Box, Co-Authors, Guest Authors, and Post Rating System, including Registration Form Builder fixed vulnerable versions:
WP Post Author – Author Box, Co-Authors & Guest Authors fixed vulnerable versions:
WP Post Author – Boost Your Blog's Engagement with Author Box, Social Links, Co-Authors, Guest Authors, Post Rating System, and Custom User Registration Form Builder fixed vulnerable versions:
WP Post Author – Enhance Your Posts with the Author Bio, Co-Authors, Guest Authors, and Post Rating System, including User Registration Form Builder fixed vulnerable versions:

This information is sourced from www.wpvulnerability.com. An open-source database of vulnerabilities maintained by the community. Help us out by submitting vulnerabilities!

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= including 2.2.8 & 2.2.21
< to 2.2.21

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