Podlove Podcast Publisher <= 4.5.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Contributor Name

Medium 6.4 CWE-79Fixed in 4.5.4
ID
WPSEC-2026-1214
Plugin
Podlove Podcast Publisher (podlove-podcasting-plugin-for-wordpress)
Affected
all versions before 4.5.4
Remediation
Update to 4.5.4 or later.
CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness
CWE-79
Usage
Plugin Low · Affected versions Low among sites WPSec scans, 2026-10-18
Attack surface
Podlove Podcast Publisher on WPSec AttackSurface
Fix released
Published

Description

The Podlove Podcast Publisher plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via contributor names, avatars and roles in all versions up to, and including, 4.5.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in admin views, combined with a contributor REST API that allowed any user with the edit_posts capability to create and update contributors. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts that execute whenever a user accesses an affected admin page.

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