PT-2024-33365 · Unknown · Better Author Bio

Soprobro · Published 2024-10-17 · Updated 2024-11-06 · CVE-2024-49229

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.1

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Better Author Bio versions 2.7.10.11 and earlier

Description A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) issue in Better Author Bio allows for Cross-Site Scripting (XSS). This means an attacker could potentially trick a user into performing unintended actions on the web application.

Recommendations For versions 2.7.10.11 and earlier, update to a version later than 2.7.10.11 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to sensitive features of Better Author Bio until a patch is available.

Fix

XSS

CSRF

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

CWE-352

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-49229

Affected Products

Better Author Bio

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-49229 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-49229 · Vendor Advisory
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1847097890331656353 · Twitter Post
• https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/better-author-bio/wordpress-better-author-bio-plugin-2-7-10-11-csrf-to-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1846979491832189425 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/100859 · Telegram Post
• https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/better-author-bio/vulnerability/wordpress-better-author-bio-plugin-2-7-10-11-csrf-to-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve · Note