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GHSA-P83H-QP2W-3VV5

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 19:12 – Updated: 2022-05-24 19:12

Details

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.

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  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2021-39320"
  ],
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    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
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  "id": "GHSA-p83h-qp2w-3vv5",
  "modified": "2022-05-24T19:12:42Z",
  "published": "2022-05-24T19:12:42Z",
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    },
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      "type": "WEB",
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    },
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      "type": "WEB",
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CVE-2021-39320 (GCVE-0-2021-39320)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-09-01 14:15 – Updated: 2025-05-05 14:50

Title

underConstruction <= 1.18 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Summary

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.

Severity ?

6.1 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CWE

CWE-79 - Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

Assigner

Wordfence

References

URL

Tags

	https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/49ae1df0-d6d2-4c…	x_refsource_MISC
	https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisorie…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Noah Kagan	underConstruction	Affected: 1.18 , ≤ 1.18 (custom)

Credits

Ramuel Gall, Wordfence

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date

Nomenclature

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Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-P83H-QP2W-3VV5

CVE-2021-39320 (GCVE-0-2021-39320)

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