CVE-2021-38342 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Nested Pages WordPress plugin <= 3.1.15 was vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery via the `npBulkAction`s and `npBulkEdit` `admin_post` actions, which allowed attackers to trash or permanently purge arbitrary posts as well as changing their status, reassigning their ownership, and editing other metadata.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

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 0.00098.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Kyle Phillips

Nested Pages

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`3.1.15`	affected	≤ 3.1.15

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:kylephillips:nested_pages:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Kylephillips Subscribe	Nested Pages Subscribe

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-24795	The Nested Pages WordPress plugin <= 3.1.15 was vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery via the `npBulkAction`s and `npBulkEdit` `admin_post` actions, which allowed attackers to trash or permanently purge arbitrary posts as well as changing their status, reassigning their ownership, and editing other metadata.

Fixes

Solution

Update to Version 3.1.16

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2021/08/nested-pages-pat%E2%80%A6on-vulnerability/
https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published: 2021-08-30T18:05:17.172Z

Updated: 2024-09-17T00:56:54.133Z

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

Link: CVE-2021-38342

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-08-30T19:15:09.263

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:16:51.260

Link: CVE-2021-38342

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-352

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