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.

CVSS v3 8.1 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 4.3 MEDIUM

8.1^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.2

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

4.3^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2021/08/nested-pages-pat%E2%80%A6on-vulnerability/
https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:kylephillips:nested_pages:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2021-08-30 19:15

Updated : 2023-12-18 15:32

NVD link : CVE-2021-38342

Mitre link : CVE-2021-38342

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-38342

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Products Affected

kylephillips

nested_pages

CWE

CWE-352

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

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