Media Author

Media Author has one disclosed vulnerability in the WordSec catalog, all reported in 2025; it remains unpatched as of September 2026. Their average CVSS score is 4.3, and the most serious one scores 4.3 out of 10.

The most common weakness is Missing Authorization, behind 1 of the records (100%).

The one issue recorded for Media Author has no published fix yet, which makes virtual patching the only reliable mitigation. The oldest unresolved one dates back to 2025.

All of these findings were reported by Bao - BlueRock. Media Author is installed on roughly 100 WordPress sites, so each unpatched flaw has a wide blast radius. The current release is tested up to WordPress 3.4.2.

Strategic Overview

Avg CVSSMedium

4.3/ 10

Patch Coverage0%

Open

Fixed

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Most severe open issueCVSS 4.3CVE-2025-58841

Media Author <= 1.0.4 - Missing Authorization

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Vulnerability Records

1 records


2025-09-05 00:00	Media Author <= 1.0.4 - Missing Authorization Media Author <= 1.0.4	`CVE-2025-58841`	4.3 Medium	Bao - BlueRock	No

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Plugin Profile

Latestv1.0.4

Media Author

Author

John Luetke

5.0(2)

100/100

Last Updated

2013-01-19 (14y ago)

Active Installs

100+

Downloads

5,713

Requires WP

2.8.6+

Requires PHP

Tested up to

WP 3.4.2

Created

2010-01-05 (17y ago)

Allows you to change the author of a piece of media by adding a drop-down list of all your blog’s users to the “Edit Attachment” screen in the Media Library.

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