CVE-2021-39320
underConstruction <= 1.18 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 6.1 Medium
- Published
- Sep 1, 2021
- Updated
- May 5, 2025
- Reserved
- Aug 20, 2021
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 6.1 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N | Wordfence |
Weaknesses
- CWE-79 Cross-site Scripting (XSS)
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
underConstructionNoah Kagan |
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References
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