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About Author Vulnerabilities

5 known security issues reported for the About Author WordPress plugin. Most recent disclosed Apr 1, 2025.

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About Author [about-author] < 1.6.3

unknown

[en] Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in weblizar About Author allows Reflected XSS. This issue affects About Author: from n/a through 1.6.2.

Affected:
up to 1.6.3
Fixed in:
1.6.3
Disclosed:
Apr 1, 2025

CVE-2025-30808 on NVD →

About Author <= 1.6.2 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

medium

The About Author plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including, 1.6.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully tr...

CVSS:
6.1
Affected:
up to 1.6.2
Fixed in:
1.6.3
Disclosed:
Mar 27, 2025

CVE-2025-30808 on NVD →

About Author <= 1.3.9 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting

medium

The About Author plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘post_title’ parameter in versions up to, and including, 1.3.9 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will exec...

CVSS:
6.4
Affected:
up to 1.4.0
Fixed in:
1.4.0
Disclosed:
Oct 25, 2019

About Author [about-author] < 1.4.0

unknown

The About Author plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘post_title’ parameter in versions up to, and including, 1.3.9 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will exec...

Affected:
up to 1.4.0
Fixed in:
1.4.0
Disclosed:
Oct 25, 2019

About Author [about-author] < 1.4.0

unknown

Wordpress About Author plugin with a version lower or equal with 1.3.9 is affected by an authenticated Stored Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability.

Affected:
up to 1.4.0
Fixed in:
1.4.0

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