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 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.

CVSS v3 4.8 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 2.1 LOW

4.8^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.7 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

2.1^/10

CVSS v2.0 : LOW

Vector : AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity HIGH

Authentication SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/BigTiger2020/word-press/blob/main/Author%20Bio%20Box.md	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2613798/author-bio-box/tags/3.3.2/includes/admin/class-author-bio-box-admin.php	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2021-39349	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:author_bio_box_project:author_bio_box:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2021-10-15 13:15

Updated : 2021-10-22 14:48

NVD link : CVE-2021-39349

Mitre link : CVE-2021-39349

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-39349

JSON object : View

Products Affected

author_bio_box_project

author_bio_box

CWE

CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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