CVE-2021-34640 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Securimage-WP-Fixed WordPress plugin is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting due to the use of $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] in the ~/securimage-wp.php file which allows attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts, in versions up to and including 3.5.4.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.07749.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Securimage-wp-fixed Project	Securimage-wp-fixed

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:securimage-wp-fixed_project:securimage-wp-fixed:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Fixes

Solution

Uninstall the plugin.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/securimage-wp-fixed/trunk/securimage-wp.php#L628
https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2021-34640

History

Fri, 23 May 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Tue, 17 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Title	Securimage-WP-Fixed <= 3.5.4 Reflected Cross-Site Scripting	Securimage-WP-Fixed <= 3.5.4 Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published: 2021-08-11T15:00:01.135Z

Updated: 2025-05-23T20:10:32.777Z

Reserved: 2021-06-10T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-34640

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T00:19:47.453Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-08-11T15:15:07.247

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:10:52.267

Link: CVE-2021-34640

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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