CVE-2025-31731: Philip John Author Bio Shortcode

Medium severity, CVSS 6.5. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Philip John Author Bio Shortcode author-bio-shortcode allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Author Bio Shortcode: from n/a through <= 2.5.3.

Affected products

• Philip John Author Bio Shortcode: up to and including 2.5.3

Published 2025-04-01. Last modified 2026-06-17.