CVE-2021-39320 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The underConstruction plugin <= 1.18 for WordPress echoes out the raw value of `$GLOBALS['PHP_SELF']` in the ucOptions.php file. On certain configurations including Apache+modPHP, this makes it possible to use it to perform a reflected Cross-Site Scripting attack by injecting malicious code in the request path.

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.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Underconstruction Project	Underconstruction

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:underconstruction_project:underconstruction:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/49ae1df0-d6d2-4cbb-9a9d-bf3599429875
https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2021-39320

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published: 2021-09-01T14:15:35.899293Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T22:01:50.490Z

Reserved: 2021-08-20T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2021-39320

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-09-01T15:15:12.653

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:19:14.063

Link: CVE-2021-39320

Redhat

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