CVE-2021-39320 Vulnerability Details

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CVE-2021-39320 Metadata Quick Info

CVE Published: 01/09/2021 | CVE Updated: 16/09/2024 | CVE Year: 2021
Source: Wordfence | Vendor: Noah Kagan | Product: underConstruction
Status : PUBLISHED

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CVE-2021-39320 Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS Version: 3.1 | Base Score: 6.1 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

l➤ Exploitability Metrics:
    Attack Vector (AV)* NETWORK
    Attack Complexity (AC)* LOW
    Privileges Required (PR)* NONE
    User Interaction (UI)* REQUIRED
    Scope (S)* CHANGED

l➤ Impact Metrics:
    Confidentiality Impact (C)* LOW
    Integrity Impact (I)* LOW
    Availability Impact (A)* NONE

Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

CWE-ID: CWE-79
CWE Name: CWE-79 Cross-site Scripting (XSS)
Source: Noah Kagan

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database).