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CVE-2021-39349
The Author Bio Box WordPress plugin is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting due to insufficient input validation and sanitization via several parameters f…
Impact
The Author Bio Box WordPress plugin is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting due to insufficient input validation and sanitization via several parameters found in the ~/includes/admin/class-author-bio-box-admin.php file which allowed attackers with administrative user access to inject arbitrary web scripts, in versions up to and including 3.3.1. This affects multi-site installations where unfiltered_html is disabled for administrators, and sites where unfiltered_html is disabled.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Author Bio Box Project | Author Bio Box | through 3.3.1 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- https://github.com/BigTiger2020/word-press/blob/main/Author%20Bio%20Box.md
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2613798/author-bio-box/tags/3.3.2/includes/admin/class-author-bio-box-admin.php
- https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2021-39349
- https://github.com/BigTiger2020/word-press/blob/main/Author%20Bio%20Box.md
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2613798/author-bio-box/tags/3.3.2/includes/admin/class-author-bio-box-admin.php
- https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2021-39349