CVE-2021-38326 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Post Title Counter WordPress plugin is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the notice parameter found in the ~/post-title-counter.php file which allows attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts, in versions up to and including 1.1.

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
Wpleet	Post Title Counter

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wpleet:post_title_counter:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-24779	The Post Title Counter WordPress plugin is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the notice parameter found in the ~/post-title-counter.php file which allows attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts, in versions up to and including 1.1.

Fixes

Solution

Uninstall plugin from WordPress site.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/post-title-counter/tags/1.1/post-title-counter.php#L87
https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2021-38326

History

Fri, 02 May 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published: 2021-09-10T13:32:44.208Z

Updated: 2025-05-02T19:53:19.419Z

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

Link: CVE-2021-38326

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T01:37:16.406Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-09-10T14:15:08.377

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:16:48.850

Link: CVE-2021-38326

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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