CVE-2021-24745

5.4 mediumEPSS 0.6%

Medium (5.4) in wpkube about author box. EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

5.4 medium

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

EPSS: 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 49% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-79
Published: 2021-11-29
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

wpkube:about_author_box

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a965aeca-d8f9-4070-aa0d-9c9b95493dda
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a965aeca-d8f9-4070-aa0d-9c9b95493dda

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