WP HTML Author Bio <= 1.2.0 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2021-24545
CVSS Medium (5.4)
Publicly Published September 21, 2021
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Veshraj Ghimire
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.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wp-html-author-bio-by-ahmad-awais (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? No
Affected Version
  • <= 1.2.0
Patched Version
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