Medium severity5.4NVD Advisory· Published Nov 29, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2021-24745
CVE-2021-24745
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.
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Affected products
2- WordPress/About Author Boxdescription
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- wpscan.com/vulnerability/a965aeca-d8f9-4070-aa0d-9c9b95493ddanvdExploitThird Party Advisory
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