### [CVE-2021-24745](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-24745)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Product&message=About%20Author%20Box&color=blue)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Version&message=1.0.2%3C%201.0.2%20&color=brighgreen)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Vulnerability&message=CWE-79%20Cross-site%20Scripting%20(XSS)&color=brighgreen)

### Description

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.

### POC

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

#### Github
- https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon