CVE-2021-38327 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The YouTube Video Inserter WordPress plugin is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting due to a reflected $_SERVER["PHP_SELF"] value in the ~/adminUI/settings.php file which allows attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts, in versions up to and including 1.2.1.0.

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

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0021.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Ueberhamm-design	Youtube Video Inserter

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ueberhamm-design:youtube_video_inserter:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-24780	The YouTube Video Inserter WordPress plugin is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting due to a reflected $_SERVER["PHP_SELF"] value in the ~/adminUI/settings.php file which allows attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts, in versions up to and including 1.2.1.0.

Fixes

Solution

Uninstall plugin from WordPress site.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/youtube-video-inserter/trunk/adminUI/settings.php#L67
https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2021-38327

History

Fri, 02 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'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published: 2021-09-10T13:34:36.579Z

Updated: 2025-05-02T19:44:13.242Z

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

Link: CVE-2021-38327

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T01:37:16.355Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-09-10T14:15:09.137

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:16:48.993

Link: CVE-2021-38327

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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