# Starbox – the Author Box for Humans

> Starbox is the Author Box for Humans. Professional Themes to choose from, HTML5, Social Media Profiles, Google Authorship

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## Facts (WordPress.org)

- Slug: `starbox`
- Author: SEO Squirrly
- Version: 3.5.4
- Active installs: 10,000+
- Last update: 2025-05-09 (2 years ago)
- Tested up to: WordPress 6.8.12 (current: 7.1.4)
- Requires: WordPress 4.6, PHP 7.0
- Tags: author, author bio, author box, multiple authors, users
- Page: https://wordpress.org/plugins/starbox/

## Checks (against WordPress 7.1.4)

- FLAG: Not updated in over a year (last update 2025-05-09).
- FLAG: Not tested with WordPress 7.1 (tested up to 6.8.12).
- 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, Slows pages ↔ Speeds up, Phones home ↔ Private, Inaccessible ↔ Accessible, Heavy ↔ Light, Behind ↔ Current, Pushy ↔ Fair.

## Known vulnerabilities

- 2024-09-09 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Twitter URL Field (up to 3.5.2). CVE-2024-8239, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/830ac75b-708a-435c-8837-b79a2f41575c?source=api-prod
- 2024-08-20 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (up to 3.5.1). CVE-2024-7955, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/210fd125-285d-4d07-bd39-b5ea222025ea?source=api-prod
- 2024-02-13 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (up to 3.4.9). CVE-2024-1273, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9694fae8-dfe9-4e19-bebc-2f2a607cff82?source=api-prod
- 2024-02-06 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Job Settings (up to 3.4.8). CVE-2023-6806, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1f413fc2-8543-4478-987d-d983581027bf?source=api-prod
- 2024-01-31 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Profile Display Name and Social Settings (up to 3.4.8). CVE-2024-0256, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0eafe473-9177-47c4-aa1e-2350cb827447?source=api-prod
- 2024-01-30 MEDIUM: Insecure Direct Object Reference (up to 3.4.7). CVE-2024-0366, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c47601b4-bf16-4f59-b5f3-584a8eac7c67?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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