CVE-2026-108124
MediumCVSS 4.9Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk13th percentile - higher than 13% of all known CVEs
Summary
The wp-post-author plugin contains an SQL injection vulnerability caused by improper neutralization of special elements in SQL commands. This issue affects versions before 4.1.0.
Risk Assessment
An attacker can inject malicious SQL queries, potentially leading to leakage, modification, or deletion of data from the WordPress database.
Recommendation
Update the wp-post-author plugin to version 4.1.0 or later.
Other vulnerabilities in wp-post-author
See all- CVE-2026-108125High
Improper neutralization of special elements used in an SQL command ('SQL injection') vulnerability in wp-post-author. This issue affects wp-post-author version 4.0.0 prior to 4.1.0.
- CVE-2026-42708High
The WP Post Author plugin by AF themes contains a blind SQL injection vulnerability. The issue affects versions up to and including 4.0.0.
- CVE-2026-11977Medium
The WP Post Author plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to generic SQL Injection via the 'wpma_metabox_authors_list' parameter in all versions up to and including 3.9.1. Authenticated attackers with author-level access can append additional SQL queries to extract sensitive information from the database. Exploitation is a two-step chain involving saving a crafted guest-author token and triggering the injection when an admin loads the post list screen.
- CVE-2026-57643High
The WP Post Author plugin version 3.9.1 and earlier contains a SQL injection vulnerability in the Contributor function. This allows an attacker to manipulate database queries.
Original NVD description (English source)
Improper neutralization of special elements used in an SQL command ('SQL injection') vulnerability in wp-post-author. This issue affects wp-post-author before 4.1.0.
Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS