Known vulnerabilities in Starbox – the Author Box for Humans

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6Reported vulnerabilities

6.1Highest CVSS score

3.5.4Latest version

10,000+Active installs

What to do now

Update Starbox – the Author Box for Humans to 3.5.3 or later. 6 of these have a fixed version available. Updating resolves them.

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Reported vulnerabilities

Ordered by how urgently they need attention — whether a vulnerability is actually being exploited, and how likely exploitation is, rather than CVSS severity alone.

CVE	Severity	Exploit probability next 30 days	Affected versions	Fixed in	Published
CVE-2024-1273	Medium 6.1	0.4%	Before 3.5.0	`3.5.0`	March 11, 2024
CVE-2024-8239	Medium 5.4	0.4%	Before 3.5.3	`3.5.3`	September 30, 2024
CVE-2024-7955	Medium 4.8	0.4%	Before 3.5.2	`3.5.2`	September 10, 2024
CVE-2023-6806	Medium 5.4	0.4%	Before 3.5.0	`3.5.0`	February 29, 2024
CVE-2024-0256	Medium 5.4	0.3%	Before 3.5.0	`3.5.0`	February 7, 2024
CVE-2024-0366	Medium 4.3	0.6%	3.4.7 and earlier	`3.4.8`	February 5, 2024

Sources: vulnerability records from NVD, exploitation from CISA KEV, exploit probability from EPSS. Affected versions come from CPE ranges or from the reporting CNA.