CVE-2021-38342 (GCVE-0-2021-38342)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-08-30 18:05 – Updated: 2024-09-17 00:56
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Nested Pages <= 3.1.15 Cross-Site Request Forgery to Arbitrary Post Deletion and Modification
Summary
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.
Severity
8.1 (High)
CWE
- CWE-352 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2021/08/nested-pag… | x_refsource_MISC |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle Phillips | Nested Pages |
Affected:
3.1.15 , ≤ 3.1.15
(custom)
|
guessed |
Date Public
2021-08-25 00:00
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