Which versions of History Timeline for Biography, Company Histor… are vulnerable?

Known issues on record (newest first): Missing authorization check (1.0.6 and older); Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) (1.0.5 and older). The full list with sources is on this page.

What is the latest version of History Timeline for Biography, Company Histor…?

1.0.6, according to wordpress.org (last updated 2024-06-25). It has 1,000+ active installs.

What should I do if my History Timeline for Biography, Company Histor… is out of date?

Take a backup, then update it from Dashboard > Updates (or run wp plugin update timeline-awesome). If you cannot update right away, deactivate it until you can. If you think the site was already attacked, run a free scan at https://laskyr.com/scan.

Plugins · timeline-awesome · data as of 2026-11-04

Is History Timeline for Biography, Company Histor… safe? Known vulnerabilities and latest version

Q: Is History Timeline for Biography, Company Histor… safe to use?

Laskyr does not give safety verdicts. The latest version (1.0.6) has 1 known unpatched vulnerability. As of 2026-11-04, the sources we check list the newest release of History Timeline for Biography, Company Histor… as affected and name no fixed version yet. Keep History Timeline for Biography, Company Histor… on the latest version (1.0.6) and remove it if you do not use it.

Latest version: 1.0.6
Last updated: 2024-06-25
Active installs: 1,000+
Known issues on record: 2
Unpatched in latest: 1
Tested up to WP: 6.5.14 · PHP 7.0+

Create animated horizontal and vertical timeline under 5 minutes for personal history, company timeline and event story timeline — by themesawesome

What to do

There is no fixed version yet. If you can live without History Timeline for Biography, Company Histor… for now, deactivate it and delete it until the developer ships a fix.
If you must keep it, limit who can log in (remove unused accounts, especially low-level ones) and put a web application firewall in front of the site.
Watch for an update: get an email when this page changes.
If you ran a vulnerable version and something looks off (spam pages, strange admins, redirects), run the free scan, or have us clean it: Emergency Cleanup, $499.

With WP-CLI: wp plugin get timeline-awesome --field=version shows what you run; wp plugin update timeline-awesome updates it.

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Known vulnerabilities

2 on record, newest first. “Affected” is the version range the source gives; “fixed in” is the version the source names, or (marked *) the first wordpress.org release after the last affected version.

medium 4.3 affects latest 1.0.6 CVE-2025-62150 · published 2025-12-31

Missing authorization check in History Timeline for Biography, Company Histor… (1.0.6 and older)

Affected: 1.0.6 and older
Fixed in: no fix listed yet
Access needed (per CVSS): Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber)
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Patchstack

Details from the advisory

Missing Authorization vulnerability in themesawesome History Timeline timeline-awesome allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects History Timeline: from n/a through <= 1.0.6.

NVD CVE-2025-62150 Patchstack advisory

medium 5.4 CVE-2022-37328 · published 2022-09-23

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in History Timeline for Biography, Company Histor… (1.0.5 and older)

Affected: 1.0.5 and older
Fixed in: unknown
Access needed (per CVSS): Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber); someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by NVD

Details from the advisory

Authenticated (author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Themes Awesome History Timeline plugin <= 1.0.5 at WordPress.

NVD CVE-2022-37328 Patchstack advisory wordpress.org

Recent activity

2024-06-25 — latest release on wordpress.org (1.0.6).
2025-12-31 — Missing authorization check disclosed (CVE-2025-62150), no fix listed yet.
2022-09-23 — Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) disclosed (CVE-2022-37328), fix version not stated.

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Browse vulnerabilities

Types found in this plugin: Missing authorization (1) · Cross-site scripting (XSS) (1)

Where this data comes from

Version, last update, installs: wordpress.org/plugins/timeline-awesome (Plugins API), fetched 2026-11-04.
Vulnerabilities: NIST National Vulnerability Database (NVD), checked 2026-11-04. This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
Each record links to its CVE page and to the original advisory (Wordfence, Patchstack or WPScan) where there is one. We only list a CVE here when its references or its advisory name this exact plugin, so a few real issues may be missing; none should be about a different plugin. Spot an error? Email Daniel.

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