Simple Author Box: Sensitive information exposure
Simple Author Box is affected by sensitive information exposure. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. Successful exploitation can disclose data that should not be available to the caller.
- Component
- Simple Author Box
- Plugin slug
simple-author-box- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Aug 14, 2023
- Weakness
- Not assigned
This CVE was published Aug 14, 2023 and is one of 1 known issue for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Simple Author Box to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical description
The Simple Author Box WordPress plugin before 2.52 does not verify a user ID before outputting information about that user, leading to arbitrary user information disclosure to users with a role as low as Contributor.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N