The ThemeRuby Multi Authors – Assign Multiple Writers to Posts plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'before' and 'after' shortcode attributes in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
History

Sat, 24 Jan 2026 07:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The ThemeRuby Multi Authors – Assign Multiple Writers to Posts plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'before' and 'after' shortcode attributes in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Title ThemeRuby Multi Authors <= 1.0.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'before' and 'after' Shortcode Attributes
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-01-24T07:26:47.342Z

Reserved: 2026-01-16T21:41:04.094Z

Link: CVE-2026-1097

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-01-24T08:16:09.003

Modified: 2026-01-24T08:16:09.003

Link: CVE-2026-1097

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.