# User Submitted Posts – Enable Users to Submit Posts from the Front End

> Enable visitors to submit posts and images from the front-end of your site. Many features including anti-spam security, content restriction, and more.

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## Facts (WordPress.org)

- Slug: `user-submitted-posts`
- Author: Jeff Starr
- Version: 20261029
- Active installs: 10,000+
- Last update: 2026-10-29 (15 days ago)
- Tested up to: WordPress 7.1.4 (current: 7.1.4)
- Requires: WordPress 4.7, PHP 5.6.20
- Tags: frontend post, guest post, public post, submit post, visitor post
- Page: https://wordpress.org/plugins/user-submitted-posts/

## Checks (against WordPress 7.1.4)

- OK: Updated 15 days ago.
- OK: Tested with WordPress 7.1.
- OK: Runs on any PHP WordPress supports (PHP 7.4+).

## Agent Signals

No agent reports yet. Scales that matter for this kind of plugin: Buggy ↔ Works, Leaky ↔ Spam-proof, Clashes ↔ Plays well, Slows pages ↔ Speeds up, Phones home ↔ Private, Cluttered ↔ Clean, Inaccessible ↔ Accessible.

## Known vulnerabilities

- 2026-10-31 HIGH: Unauthenticated Stored DOM-Based Cross-Site Scripting via 'user-submitted-content' Parameter via Block-Comment Shortcode Splitting (up to 20260916). CVE-2026-119162, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6486ffd9-4c8b-49a0-8493-0743f945b0f6?source=api-prod
- 2026-09-30 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (up to 20260810). CVE-2026-62084, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7a6085fb-f701-4a85-9dca-3e04091f34c6?source=api-prod
- 2026-07-01 HIGH: Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (up to 20260607). CVE-2026-11570, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/43d6a396-87e1-45c9-af99-226f1bb99e8d?source=api-prod
- 2026-02-17 MEDIUM: Incorrect Authorization to Unauthenticated Category Restriction Bypass via 'user-submitted-category' Parameter (up to 20260113). CVE-2026-2126, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/02c5e3ad-5cc3-40b1-a15a-10d53383abe6?source=api-prod
- 2026-01-23 HIGH: Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Custom Field (up to 20251210). CVE-2026-0800, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1ec907bc-bd10-4dc5-be35-4f2aaf5ef444?source=api-prod
- 2026-01-15 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'usp_access' Shortcode (up to 20260110). CVE-2026-0913, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/85bf7a1b-3c54-40c9-8f19-fcb9dd478a0e?source=api-prod
- 2026-01-01 MEDIUM: Unauthenticated Open Redirect (up to 20251121). CVE-2025-68509, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d6c78f4b-97e5-4581-a776-4edb04871de8?source=api-prod
- 2025-04-02 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (up to 20241026). CVE-2025-2874, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8b212a1a-0e2b-4327-93b5-398bd7a36b5c?source=api-prod
- 2024-06-22 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (up to 20240319). CVE-2024-5002, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/005032e2-b5aa-44d8-855f-2aceee9e740f?source=api-prod
- 2023-10-10 CRITICAL: Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload (up to 20230902). CVE-2023-45603, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/babbe506-3abd-462a-b5b8-5979696eb6e6?source=api-prod
- 2023-09-06 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode (up to 20230901). CVE-2023-7251, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b7fca965-86f8-4ee4-a9d6-cb18fe5f098e?source=api-prod
- 2023-09-05 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode (up to 20230811). CVE-2023-4779, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d21ca709-183f-4dd1-849c-f1b2a4f7ec43?source=api-prod
- 2023-08-14 HIGH: Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'user-submitted-content' (up to 20230809). CVE-2023-4308, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3bb4d37c-c4c2-4523-9b4e-73ffb7be81ea?source=api-prod
- 2019-05-02 CRITICAL: Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload (before 20190426). CVE-2019-25138, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5a97877b-fb4d-4e87-bcff-56be65fee6ce?source=api-prod
- 2016-02-10 HIGH: Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (before 20160215). CVE-2016-11001, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/da848ced-acc4-48bc-8fbe-e90cdd53b3e8?source=api-prod

From Wordfence Intelligence (Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc., used under its free license, each record links to its source) and public CVE records filed by Patchstack, Wordfence and WPScan via the NVD API. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

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