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2 vulnerabilities found for fancier_author_box by thematosoup
CVE-2022-3833 (GCVE-0-2022-3833)
Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2022-11-28 13:47 – Updated: 2025-04-25 17:23
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Fancier Author Box by ThematoSoup <= 1.4 - Admin+ Stored XSS
Summary
The Fancier Author Box by ThematoSoup WordPress plugin through 1.4 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).
Severity
4.8 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/41096d40-83d4-40… | exploittechnical-description |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Fancier Author Box by ThematoSoup |
Affected:
0 , ≤ 1.4
(custom)
|
Credits
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CVE-2022-3833 (GCVE-0-2022-3833)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-11-28 13:47 – Updated: 2025-04-25 17:23
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Fancier Author Box by ThematoSoup <= 1.4 - Admin+ Stored XSS
Summary
The Fancier Author Box by ThematoSoup WordPress plugin through 1.4 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).
Severity
4.8 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/41096d40-83d4-40… | exploittechnical-description |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Fancier Author Box by ThematoSoup |
Affected:
0 , ≤ 1.4
(custom)
|
Credits
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