CVE-2021-38319 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The More From Google WordPress plugin is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting due to a reflected $_SERVER["PHP_SELF"] value in the ~/morefromgoogle.php file which allows attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts, in versions up to and including 0.0.2.

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
Windyroad	More From Google

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:windyroad:more_from_google:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-24772	The More From Google WordPress plugin is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting due to a reflected $_SERVER["PHP_SELF"] value in the ~/morefromgoogle.php file which allows attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts, in versions up to and including 0.0.2.

Fixes

Solution

Uninstall plugin from WordPress site.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/more-from-google/trunk/morefromgoogle.php#L397
https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2021-38319

History

Mon, 05 May 2025 17:15:00 +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: 2021-09-09T18:10:25.039Z

Updated: 2025-05-05T16:39:01.703Z

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

Link: CVE-2021-38319

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T01:37:16.388Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-09-09T19:15:13.430

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:16:47.397

Link: CVE-2021-38319

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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