Guest Author

Explore Guest Author vulnerabilities across all versions. Currently tracking 2 known vulnerabilities, including severity, impact, and patch status.

Strategic Overview

Avg CVSSMedium

6.4/ 10

Patch Coverage100%

Open

Fixed

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Vulnerability Records

2 records


2023-12-04 00:00	Guest Author <= 2.3 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting Guest Author <= 2.3	`CVE-2023-49747`	6.4 Medium	emad	Yes
2023-12-01 00:00	Guest Author <= 2.3 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting Guest Author <= 2.3	`N/A`	6.4 Medium	Anonymous	Yes

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Plugin Profile

Latestv2.62

Guest Author

Author

WebFactory

4.2(13)

84/100

Last Updated

2026-05-05 (3mo ago)

Active Installs

5,000+

Downloads

79,110

Requires WP

4.6+

Requires PHP

5.2.4+

Tested up to

WP 7.0.2

Created

2018-03-14 (9y ago)

Add a guest author to any post without needing to register the guest author as a user on your site. Features ✍️ Behaves as if guest authors were regular authors. 👤 Upload your own avatar image instead of using Gravatar. 🌍 Link to a custom page for the guest author. 🔥 Perfect for guest posts. Looking for nicer author boxes with more options? Check out our free Simple Author Box plugin.

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