Medium severity5.4NVD Advisory· Published Oct 11, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2021-24545
CVE-2021-24545
Description
The WP HTML Author Bio WordPress plugin through 1.2.0 does not sanitise the HTML allowed in the Bio of users, allowing them to use malicious JavaScript code, which will be executed when anyone visit a post in the frontend made by such user. As a result, user with a role as low as author could perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks against users, which could potentially lead to privilege escalation when an admin view the related post/s.
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Affected products
3- cpe:2.3:a:wp_html_author_bio_project:wp_html_author_bio:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*Range: <=1.2.0
- WordPress/WP HTML Author Biodescription
- Range: <=1.2.0
Patches
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References
1- wpscan.com/vulnerability/64267134-9d8c-4e0c-b24f-d18692a5775envdExploitThird Party Advisory
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