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.

CVSS v3.1

5.4 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CVSS v2.0

3.5 LOWAV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

EPSS

0.60% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 47th percentile

Published

2021-11-29

Updated

2024-08-03

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a965aeca-d8f9-4070-aa0d-9c9b95493dda

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2021-24744
• CVE-2021-24746
• CVE-2021-24743
• CVE-2021-24747
• CVE-2021-24742
• CVE-2021-24748