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6.1
WordPress Personal Authors Category Plugin Allows Malicious Website Attacks
CVE-2026-1754
Summary
The Personal Authors Category plugin for WordPress has a security weakness that allows hackers to inject malicious code into websites. This means that visitors to the site may be tricked into performing unwanted actions by clicking on a link. Update the plugin to a version higher than 0.3 to fix this issue.
Original title
The personal-authors-category plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the URL path in all versions up to, and including, 0.3 due to insufficient input sanitization ...
Original description
The personal-authors-category plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the URL path in all versions up to, and including, 0.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
nvd CVSS3.1
6.1
Vulnerability type
CWE-79
Cross-site Scripting (XSS)
Published: 14 Feb 2026 · Updated: 11 Mar 2026 · First seen: 6 Mar 2026