VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2021-24745

CVSS score5.4 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.62%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2021-11-29
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Description

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.

Weakness classification

  • contact@wpscan.com: CWE-79

Primary references