CVE-2021-38333 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The WP Scrippets WordPress plugin is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting due to a reflected $_SERVER["PHP_SELF"] value in the ~/wp-scrippets.php file which allows attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts, in versions up to and including 1.5.1.

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
Wp Scrippets Project	Wp Scrippets

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wp_scrippets_project:wp_scrippets:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Fixes

Solution

Uninstall plugin from WordPress site.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-scrippets/tags/1.5.1/wp-scrippets.php#L123
https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2021-38333

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: 2021-09-10T13:33:19.045Z

Updated: 2025-05-02T20:13:47.200Z

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

Link: CVE-2021-38333

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T01:37:16.541Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-09-10T14:15:09.710

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:16:49.870

Link: CVE-2021-38333

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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