CVE-2021-38315 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The SP Project & Document Manager WordPress plugin is vulnerable to attribute-based Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the from and to parameters in the ~/functions.php file which allows attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts, in versions up to and including 4.25.

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 0.0021.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Smartypantsplugins	Sp Project \& Document Manager

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:smartypantsplugins:sp_project_\&_document_manager:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-24768	The SP Project & Document Manager WordPress plugin is vulnerable to attribute-based Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the from and to parameters in the ~/functions.php file which allows attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts, in versions up to and including 4.25.

Fixes

Solution

Uninstall the WordPress plugin.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sp-client-document-manager/trunk/functions.php?rev=2566007#L1186
https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2021-38315

History

Mon, 05 May 2025 19:15:00 +0000

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

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published: 2021-08-16T18:49:23.979Z

Updated: 2025-05-05T18:15:07.517Z

Reserved: 2021-08-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-38315

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T01:37:16.337Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-08-16T19:15:15.893

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:16:46.773

Link: CVE-2021-38315

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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