Known vulnerabilities in Novelist

Easily organize and display your portfolio of books.

3Reported vulnerabilities

4.4Highest CVSS score

1.3.0Latest version

1,000+Active installs

What to do now

Update Novelist to 1.2.4 or later. 3 of these have a fixed version available. Updating resolves them.

Plugin last updated: August 2, 2025 / Tested up to WordPress: 6.8.8 / 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-2025-30847	Medium 4.4	0.4%	1.2.3 and earlier	`1.2.4`	March 27, 2025
CVE-2023-32958	Medium 4.4	0.4%	1.2.0 and earlier	`1.2.1`	May 22, 2023
CVE-2024-32093	Medium 4.3	0.2%	1.2.2 and earlier	`1.2.3`	April 11, 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.