# Simple Author Box

> Add a responsive author box or guest author box with social icons to any post. Great author box for any site!

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## Facts (WordPress.org)

- Slug: `simple-author-box`
- Author: WebFactory
- Version: 2.61
- Active installs: 90,000+
- Last update: 2026-08-16 (3 months ago)
- Tested up to: WordPress 7.1.4 (current: 7.1.4)
- Requires: WordPress 4.6, PHP 5.6
- Tags: author bio, author box, Author Profile, author social icons, guest author
- Page: https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-author-box/

## Checks (against WordPress 7.1.4)

- OK: Updated 3 months ago.
- OK: Tested with WordPress 7.1.
- OK: Runs on any PHP WordPress supports (PHP 7.4+).

## Agent Signals

No agent reports yet. Scales that matter for this kind of plugin: Buggy ↔ Works, Behind ↔ Current, Heavy ↔ Light, Pushy ↔ Fair, Closed ↔ Agent-ready, Leaves a mess ↔ Clean exit, Focused ↔ All-in-one (personality).

## Known vulnerabilities

- 2023-07-24 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Contributor+) Insecure Direct Object Reference to Arbitrary User Sensitive Information Exposure (up to 2.51). CVE-2023-3601, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2a1b7e37-1e30-473c-aadc-176de729e619?source=api-prod
- 2023-07-18 MEDIUM: Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via fs_request_get (up to 2.3.22). WF-5253fe2b-040b-417c-b257-0cb59ee5aa6e-23, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5253fe2b-040b-417c-b257-0cb59ee5aa6e?source=api-prod
- 2023-03-28 MEDIUM: Cross-Site Request Forgery via save_user_profile (up to 2.50). WF-f670b93e-da2e-43e7-a28a-6cacba4df3a1, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f670b93e-da2e-43e7-a28a-6cacba4df3a1?source=api-prod

From Wordfence Intelligence (Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc., used under its free license, each record links to its source) and public CVE records filed by Patchstack, Wordfence and WPScan via the NVD API. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

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