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TI-2024-08123 Aliases CVE-2024-8757GHSA-qvrf-qm4g-4557

Boost Your Blog's Engagement with WP Post Author <= 3.8.1 - Authenticated (Administrator+) SQL Injection

Priority HIGH 67CWE-89Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
High
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
SQL injection
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-89.

Summary

The WP Post Author – Boost Your Blog&#039;s Engagement with Author Box, Social Links, Co-Authors, Guest Authors, Post Rating System, and Custom User Registration Form Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to time-based SQL Injection via the linked_user_id parameter in all versions up to, and including, 3.8.1 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00506 43rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
AF themesWP Post Author – Author Box, Multiple Authors, Guest Authors & Custom Avatarsup to 3.8.1—No fix listedCNA
  • WP Post Author – Author Box, Multiple Authors, Guest Authors & Custom Avatars VendorAF themes Affected up to 3.8.1 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE names CISA-ADP · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:afthemes:wp_post_author:-:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*not specified by CISA-ADP—AF themes
  • cpe:2.3:a:afthemes:wp_post_author:-:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions not specified by CISA-ADP — ·AF themes

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-8757
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-qvrf-qm4g-4557

References

Other 4

  • TI-2026-41468 WordPress WP Post Author plugin <= 3.9.1 - SQL Injection vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.5
  • TI-2024-37217 WordPress WP Post Author plugin <= 3.8.2 - SQL Injection vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.6
  • TI-2026-69111 Blind SQL injection in WP Post Author WordPress plugin CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.6
  • TI-2026-10321 WP Post Author <= 3.9.1 - Authenticated (Author+) SQL Injection CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
  • TI-2024-24630 WordPress WP Post Author plugin <= 3.6.7 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
  • TI-2024-12404 Freemius <= 2.10.1 - Reflected DOM-Based Cross-Site Scripting via url Parameter CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
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Sources

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