The WP Post Author WordPress plugin before 4.2.0 does not check that the account was created before updating its profile during front-end registration, allowing unauthenticated users to overwrite the display name, nickname and website of the first user account, which is normally the administrator, when a registration form declares one of those fields.
History

Thu, 29 Oct 2026 07:45:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-284

Thu, 29 Oct 2026 06:15:00 +0000

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Description The WP Post Author WordPress plugin before 4.2.0 does not check that the account was created before updating its profile during front-end registration, allowing unauthenticated users to overwrite the display name, nickname and website of the first user account, which is normally the administrator, when a registration form declares one of those fields.
Title WP Post Author < 4.2.0 - Unauthenticated Modification of the First User Account's Profile Fields
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2026-10-29T06:00:24.033Z

Updated: 2026-10-29T06:00:24.033Z

Reserved: 2026-10-10T22:33:28.989Z

Link: CVE-2026-108685

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-29T06:17:17.443

Modified: 2026-10-29T06:17:17.443

Link: CVE-2026-108685

cve-icon Redhat

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