Known vulnerabilities in Molongui Authorship – Author Boxes, Guest Authors & Co-Authors for WordPress

All-in-One Authorship Solution: Seamless Author Box, Guest Authors, and Co-Authors to enhance your site's authority, credibility, engagement, and SEO.

6Reported vulnerabilities

7.5Highest CVSS score

5.2.9Latest version

10,000+Active installs

What to do now

Update Molongui Authorship – Author Boxes, Guest Authors & Co-Authors for WordPress to 4.7.8 or later. 6 of these have a fixed version available. Updating resolves them.

Plugin last updated: February 16, 2026 / Tested up to WordPress: 6.9.7 / View on wordpress.org

Reported vulnerabilities

Ordered by how urgently they need attention — whether a vulnerability is actually being exploited, and how likely exploitation is, rather than CVSS severity alone.

CVE	Severity	Exploit probability next 30 days	Affected versions	Fixed in	Published
CVE-2023-7014	High 7.5	0.7%	Before 4.7.5	`4.7.5`	February 5, 2024
CVE-2023-39164	Medium 6.1	0.4%	4.6.19 and earlier	`4.6.20`	July 26, 2023
CVE-2024-29764	Medium 5.5	0.4%	4.7.7 and earlier	`4.7.8`	March 25, 2024
CVE-2023-50876	Medium 5.4	0.5%	4.7.3 and earlier	`4.7.4`	December 26, 2023
CVE-2023-39921	Medium 4.4	0.4%	4.6.19 and earlier	`4.6.20`	November 28, 2023
CVE-2024-30507	Medium 4.3	0.4%	4.7.7 and earlier	`4.7.8`	March 28, 2024

Sources: vulnerability records from NVD, exploitation from CISA KEV, exploit probability from EPSS. Affected versions come from CPE ranges or from the reporting CNA.