CVE-2021-39322 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Easy Social Icons plugin <= 3.0.8 for WordPress echoes out the raw value of `$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']` in its main 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.

The EPSS score is 0.092.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Cybernetikz	Easy Social Icons

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:cybernetikz:easy_social_icons:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/5e0bf0b6-9809-426b-b1d4-1fb653083b58
https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2021-39322

History

Mon, 05 May 2025 15:15:00 +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: 2021-09-02T16:42:38.821Z

Updated: 2025-05-05T14:50:25.709Z

Reserved: 2021-08-20T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-39322

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T02:06:42.509Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-09-02T17:15:09.837

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:19:14.400

Link: CVE-2021-39322

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

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