01 Record
CVE-2026-101920
Molongui Authorship <= 5.2.12 - Unauthenticated Stored DOM-Based Cross-Site Scripting via Comment href Attribute
HighPUBLISHEDCNA: Wordfence
CNA base score7.2 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
02 Description
Molongui Authorship <= 5.2.12 - Unauthenticated Stored DOM-Based Cross-Site Scripting via Comment href Attribute
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.29% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 22.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.2 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Deferred. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-13.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2026-10-10 07:41Z19 DAYS AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-10-11 12:13Z17 DAYS AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-09-28
- Assigning CNA
- Wordfence
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 7.2)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')Base
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 7a93054f6c56b2bc85f01b1dbc5ef767e02907c9701026464fb2445c446d6dbd
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.wordfence.comhttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1bf63dd3-9fd1-4b72-b7e0-48155312c48f?source=cve
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/molongui-authorship/tags/5.2.12/assets/js/byline.4cc4.min.js
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/molongui-authorship/tags/5.2.12/includes/author-filters.php#L29
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/molongui-authorship/tags/5.2.12/includes/author-filters.php#L464
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/molongui-authorship/tags/5.3.0/assets/js/byline.849a.min.js