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CVE-2022-3833: The Fancier Author Box by ThematoSoup WordPress plugin through 1.4 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site

medium Affects fancier-author-box (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.3, updated 2026-10-29; published ; advisory modified .

The Fancier Author Box by ThematoSoup WordPress plugin through 1.4 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site

Package
fancier-author-box (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions
<=1.4
Fixed in
no fix recorded
Severity
medium  CVSS 4.8
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 1% (44.5th percentile)
Published
2022-11-28
Source
nvd

References

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