CVE-2022-3833

Fancier Author Box by ThematoSoup <= 1.4 - Admin+ Stored XSS

The Fancier Author Box by ThematoSoup WordPress plugin through 1.4 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).

Affected

Fancier Author Box by ThematoSoup

CVSS v3.1 NVD

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

EPSS

0.53% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 43rd percentile

Published

2022-11-28

Updated

2025-04-25

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/41096d40-83d4-40b4-9632-afef51e8b00e

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry