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About Author Box Vulnerabilities

1 known security issue reported for the About Author Box WordPress plugin. Most recent disclosed Oct 26, 2021.

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About Author Box < 1.0.2 - Cross-Site Scripting

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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:
6.4
Affected:
up to 1.0.2
Fixed in:
1.0.2
Disclosed:
Oct 26, 2021

CVE-2021-24745 on NVD →

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