vulnerability

WordPress Plugin: author-avatars: CVE-2023-49846: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Dec 6, 2023
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
May 15, 2025

Description

The Author Avatars List/Block plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's shortcode in versions up to, and including, 2.1.17 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Solution

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