Vulnerability Details : CVE-2021-38342
The Nested Pages WordPress plugin <= 3.1.15 was vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery via the `npBulkAction`s and `npBulkEdit` `admin_post` actions, which allowed attackers to trash or permanently purge arbitrary posts as well as changing their status, reassigning their ownership, and editing other metadata.
Vulnerability category: Cross-site request forgery (CSRF)
Products affected by CVE-2021-38342
- cpe:2.3:a:kylephillips:nested_pages:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2021-38342
0.10%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 24 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2021-38342
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
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4.3
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MEDIUM | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
8.6
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2.9
|
NIST | |
8.1
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HIGH | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H |
2.8
|
5.2
|
NIST | |
8.1
|
HIGH | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H |
2.8
|
5.2
|
Wordfence |
CWE ids for CVE-2021-38342
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The web application does not, or cannot, sufficiently verify whether a request was intentionally provided by the user who sent the request, which could have originated from an unauthorized actor.Assigned by:
- nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
- security@wordfence.com (Secondary)
References for CVE-2021-38342
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https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/
Vulnerability Advisories - WordfenceThird Party Advisory
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https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2021/08/nested-pages-pat%E2%80%A6on-vulnerability/
Page not found - Wordfence
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https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2021/08/nested-pages-pat…on-vulnerability/
Page not found - WordfenceBroken Link
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