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GHSA-J9W2-QR3R-XR77

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2021-11-30 00:00 – Updated: 2021-11-30 00:00

Details

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": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2021-24745"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-79"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2021-11-29T09:15:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "GHSA-j9w2-qr3r-xr77",
  "modified": "2021-11-30T00:00:51Z",
  "published": "2021-11-30T00:00:51Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24745"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a965aeca-d8f9-4070-aa0d-9c9b95493dda"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": []
}

CVE-2021-24745 (GCVE-0-2021-24745)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-11-29 08:25 – Updated: 2024-08-03 19:42

Summary

Severity ?

No CVSS data available.

CWE

CWE-79 - Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

Assigner

WPScan

References

URL

Tags

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a965aeca-d8f9-40…

x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Unknown	About Author Box	Affected: 1.0.2 , < 1.0.2 (custom)

Credits

Francesco Carlucci

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  "containers": {
    "adp": [
      {
        "providerMetadata": {
          "dateUpdated": "2024-08-03T19:42:16.657Z",
          "orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
          "shortName": "CVE"
        },
        "references": [
          {
            "tags": [
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              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a965aeca-d8f9-4070-aa0d-9c9b95493dda"
          }
        ],
        "title": "CVE Program Container"
      }
    ],
    "cna": {
      "affected": [
        {
          "product": "About Author Box",
          "vendor": "Unknown",
          "versions": [
            {
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              "status": "affected",
              "version": "1.0.2",
              "versionType": "custom"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
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          "value": "Francesco Carlucci"
        }
      ],
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        }
      ],
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      ],
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        "orgId": "1bfdd5d7-9bf6-4a53-96ea-42e2716d7a81",
        "shortName": "WPScan"
      },
      "references": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "x_refsource_MISC"
          ],
          "url": "https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a965aeca-d8f9-4070-aa0d-9c9b95493dda"
        }
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      },
      "title": "About Author Box \u003c 1.0.2 - Contributor+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting",
      "x_generator": "WPScan CVE Generator",
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          }
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Author	Source	Type	Date

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Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-J9W2-QR3R-XR77

CVE-2021-24745 (GCVE-0-2021-24745)

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