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TI-2021-07027 Aliases CVE-2021-24745GHSA-j9w2-qr3r-xr77

About Author Box < 1.0.2 - Contributor+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Priority LOW 25CWE-79Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · Low · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00624 50th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed About Author Box (Unknown): 1.0.2

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
UnknownAbout Author Box1.0.2 to before 1.0.21.0.2Patch availableCNA
  • About Author Box VendorUnknown Affected 1.0.2 to before 1.0.2 Fixed in 1.0.2 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:wpkube:about_author_box:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*before 1.0.2Vulnerablewpkube
  • cpe:2.3:a:wpkube:about_author_box:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions before 1.0.2 Vulnerable ·wpkube

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA About Author Box (Unknown) Fixed in 1.0.2

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-24745
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-j9w2-qr3r-xr77
  3. 2026-11-04 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile

References

Exploit 1

Sources

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