vulnerability
WordPress Plugin: about-author-box: CVE-2021-24745: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N) | Oct 26, 2021 | May 15, 2025 | May 15, 2025 |
Severity
3
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Oct 26, 2021
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
May 15, 2025
Description
The About Author Box WordPress plugin before 1.0.2 does not sanitise and escape the Social Profiles field values before outputting them in attributes, which could allow user with a role as low as contributor to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks.
Solution
about-author-box-plugin-cve-2021-24745
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