Medium severity6.4NVD Advisory· Published Nov 11, 2026· Updated Nov 11, 2026
CVE-2026-119097
CVE-2026-119097
Description
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.
Affected products
1- Range: <=4.9.3
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
4- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sem-author-image/trunk/sem-author-image.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sem-author-image/trunk/sem-author-image.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sem-author-image/trunk/sem-author-image.phpnvd
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ecce583b-1e72-44e1-ab33-6cc647e62119nvd
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