Meks Smart Author Widget
Meks Smart Author Widget has 2 disclosed vulnerabilities in the WordSec catalog, reported between 2023 and 2024; all 2 are fixed as of September 2026. Their average CVSS score is 5.3, and the most serious one scores 6.4 out of 10.
The most common weakness is Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF), behind 1 of the records (50%). Other recurring categories include Cross-Site Scripting.
Every one of the 2 issues recorded for Meks Smart Author Widget has a vendor fix available, so running the current release closes all known holes.
2 independent researchers contributed these findings, one record each. Meks Smart Author Widget is installed on roughly 10,000 WordPress sites, so each unpatched flaw has a wide blast radius. The current release is tested up to WordPress 6.6.7.
CVE-2024-37958Meks Smart Author Widget <= 1.1.4 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
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Meks Smart Author Widget
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Simple plugin which allows you to display author/user info inside WordPress widget. Smart feature of this plugin is user/author “auto detection” which means that it can optionally show author of current post on single post templates or on specific author archive. Features Flexible display options Auto detect post author on single post and author templates Custom avatar size Link avatar image to author archive (optional) Link user display name to author archive (optional) Replace widget title with user display name (optional) Smart Author Widget plugin is created by Meks Live example? You can see Smart Author Widget live example on our Typology theme demo website
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