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Cool Author Box

Cool Author Box is a WordPress component with 2 published CVE records in this archive. The latest tracked vulnerability was published May 07, 2025; the highest CVE/CNA score is 5.3.

Plugin slug: hm-cool-author-box-widget

CVE-2025-47447: Cool Author Box: Cross-site request forgery

Cool Author Box is affected by cross-site request forgery. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. Exploitation relies on a signed-in privileged user submitting an attacker-controlled request.

PublishedMay 07, 2025
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Safe version
May 07, 2025 CVE-2025-47447
Cool Author Box: Cross-site request forgery
Cool Author Box is affected by cross-site request forgery. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. Exploitation relies on a signed-in privileged user submitting an attacker-controlled request.
See mitigation notes
CVE4.3
NVDPending
Mar 27, 2025 CVE-2025-30830
Cool Author Box: A security weakness
Cool Author Box is affected by a security weakness. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.
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CVE5.3
NVDPending