CVE-2021-38320 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The simpleSAMLphp Authentication WordPress plugin is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting due to a reflected $_SERVER["PHP_SELF"] value in the ~/simplesamlphp-authentication.php file which allows attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts, in versions up to and including 0.7.0.

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

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Simplesamlphp Authentication Project	Simplesamlphp Authentication

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:simplesamlphp_authentication_project:simplesamlphp_authentication:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simplesamlphp-authentication/tags/0.7.0/simplesamlphp-authentication.php#L307
https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2021-38320

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published: 2021-09-09T18:10:03.585856Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T17:27:50.062Z

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

Link: CVE-2021-38320

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-09-09T19:15:13.503

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:16:47.543

Link: CVE-2021-38320

Redhat

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