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NVD Vulnerability Details :

CVE-2021-24545

Analyzed

Source-contact@wpscan.com

Published At-11 Oct, 2021 | 11:15

Updated At-15 Oct, 2021 | 16:32

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.

Date Added	Due Date	Vulnerability Name	Required Action
	N/A

Metrics

Type	Version	Base score	Base severity	Vector
Primary	3.1	5.4	MEDIUM	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Primary	2.0	3.5	LOW	AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Type: Primary

Version: 3.1

Base score: 5.4

Base severity: MEDIUM

Vector:

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Type: Primary

Version: 2.0

Base score: 3.5

Base severity: LOW

Vector:

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

CPE Matches

wp_html_author_bio_project>>wp_html_author_bio>>Versions up to 1.2.0(inclusive)

cpe:2.3:a:wp_html_author_bio_project:wp_html_author_bio:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

Weaknesses

CWE ID	Type	Source
CWE-79	Primary	contact@wpscan.com

CWE ID: CWE-79

Type: Primary

Source: contact@wpscan.com

References

Hyperlink	Source	Resource
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/64267134-9d8c-4e0c-b24f-d18692a5775e	contact@wpscan.com	Exploit Third Party Advisory

Hyperlink: https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/64267134-9d8c-4e0c-b24f-d18692a5775e

Source: contact@wpscan.com

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