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Guest Author Vulnerabilities

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Known Records
2
High or Critical
0
Patch Coverage
100%
Last Updated
Jan 22, 2024
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1
CVE-2023-49747 Medium 2.4
CVE-2023-49747 Guest Author Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Guest Author <= 2.3 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

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CVE-2023-49747
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Plugin Medium Patched: Yes CVE-2023-49747
CVE-2023-49747: Guest Author <= 2.3 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

The Guest Author plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via author name in versions up to, and including, 2.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author-level access and ab...

Published
Dec 04, 2023
Patched Release
2.4
Affected Versions
Versions up to 2.3
Next Step
Update to 2.4 or newer if supported.
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Plugin Medium Patched: Yes
Guest Author <= 2.3 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting

The Guest Author plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's guest author parameters in all versions up to, and including, 2.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, wi...

Published
Dec 01, 2023
Patched Release
2.4
Affected Versions
Versions up to 2.3
Next Step
Update to 2.4 or newer if supported.
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