CVE-2025-24764: WordPress (Simply) Guest Author Name plugin <= 4.36 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2025-07-04 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in A. Jones (Simply) Guest Author Name guest-author-name allows DOM-Based XSS.This issue affects (Simply) Guest Author Name: from n/a through <= 4.36.

Affected products

A. Jones (Simply) Guest Author Name: through 4.36

References

https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/guest-author-name/vulnerability/wordpress-simply-guest-author-name-plugin-4-36-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

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