CVE-2021-39349
The Author Bio Box WordPress plugin is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting due to insufficient input validation and sanitization via several parameters found in the ~/includes/admin/class-author-bio-box-admin.php file which allowed attackers with…
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Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.14%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The Author Bio Box WordPress plugin is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting due to insufficient input validation and sanitization via several parameters found in the ~/includes/admin/class-author-bio-box-admin.php file which allowed attackers with administrative user access to inject arbitrary web scripts, in versions up to and including 3.3.1. This affects multi-site installations where unfiltered_html is disabled for administrators, and sites where unfiltered_html is disabled.
- CVSS 3.1
- 4.8 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.14% probability · 65th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- author bio box project/author bio box
- Source
- security@wordfence.com
References
- https://github.com/BigTiger2020/word-press/blob/main/Author%20Bio%20Box.mdExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2613798/author-bio-box/tags/3.3.2/includes/admin/class-author-bio-box-admin.phpPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2021-39349Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/BigTiger2020/word-press/blob/main/Author%20Bio%20Box.mdExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2613798/author-bio-box/tags/3.3.2/includes/admin/class-author-bio-box-admin.phpPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2021-39349Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.