{"cve":"CVE-2026-108685","nvd":{"published":"2026-10-29T06:17:17.443","modified":"2026-10-29T06:17:17.443","status":"Received","description":"The WP Post Author  WordPress plugin before 4.2.0 does not check that the account was created before updating its profile during front-end registration, allowing unauthenticated users to overwrite the display name, nickname and website of the first user account, which is normally the administrator, when a registration form declares one of those fields.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/605832f7-40d5-4a74-a30a-5f5f2906db63/"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-29T06:47:28.803177306+00:00"},"epss":null,"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}