Arif Nezami Better Author Bio Plugin up to 2.7.10.11 on WordPress cross-site request forgery

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Arif Nezami Better Author Bio Plugin up to 2.7.10.11 on WordPress. Impacted is an unknown function. This manipulation causes cross-site request forgery. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2024-49229. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Arif Nezami Better Author Bio Plugin up to 2.7.10.11 on WordPress and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross-site request forgery vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-352. The web application does not, or can not, sufficiently verify whether a well-formed, valid, consistent request was intentionally provided by the user who submitted the request. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in arifnezami Better Author Bio better-author-bio allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Better Author Bio: from n/a through <= 2.7.10.11.

The weakness was presented by Soprobro. The advisory is shared at patchstack.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-49229 since 10/14/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.8

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Class: Cross-site request forgery
CWE: CWE-352 / CWE-862 / CWE-863
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Remote: Yes

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10/17/2024 +3 days 🔍
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04/06/2026 +535 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: patchstack.com
Researcher: Soprobro
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2024-49229 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-49229
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-280813

Entryinfo

Created: 10/17/2024 20:11
Updated: 04/06/2026 01:32
Changes: 10/17/2024 20:11 (64), 11/07/2024 05:09 (12), 03/04/2025 08:22 (3), 04/06/2026 01:32 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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