VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2021-24745
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.
MEDIUM 5.4EPSS 0.60%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.60%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.60% probability · 47th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- wpkube/about author box
- Source
- contact@wpscan.com
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a965aeca-d8f9-4070-aa0d-9c9b95493ddaExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a965aeca-d8f9-4070-aa0d-9c9b95493ddaExploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.