CVE-2021-38331 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The WP-T-Wap WordPress plugin is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the posted parameter found in the ~/wap/writer.php file which allows attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts, in versions up to and including 1.13.2.

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
Wp-t-wap Project	Wp-t-wap

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wp-t-wap_project:wp-t-wap:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-24784	The WP-T-Wap WordPress plugin is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the posted parameter found in the ~/wap/writer.php file which allows attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts, in versions up to and including 1.13.2.

Fixes

Solution

Uninstall plugin from WordPress site.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-t-wap/tags/1.13.3/wap/writer.php#L34
https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2021-38331

History

Fri, 02 May 2025 21:15:00 +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: 2021-09-10T13:33:25.098Z

Updated: 2025-05-02T20:13:29.308Z

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

Link: CVE-2021-38331

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T01:37:16.501Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-09-10T14:15:09.587

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:16:49.563

Link: CVE-2021-38331

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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