FKIE_CVE-2021-39320

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2021-09-01 15:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 04:03
Severity
6.1 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Summary
The underConstruction plugin <= 1.18 for WordPress echoes out the raw value of `$GLOBALS['PHP_SELF']` in the ucOptions.php file. On certain configurations including Apache+modPHP, this makes it possible to use it to perform a reflected Cross-Site Scripting attack by injecting malicious code in the request path.
References
security@wordfence.comhttps://wpscan.com/vulnerability/49ae1df0-d6d2-4cbb-9a9d-bf3599429875Third Party Advisory
security@wordfence.comhttps://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2021-39320Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/49ae1df0-d6d2-4cbb-9a9d-bf3599429875Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2021-39320Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
underconstruction_project underconstruction *
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    {
      "affectedData": [
        {
          "product": "underConstruction",
          "vendor": "Noah Kagan",
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              "status": "affected",
              "version": "1.18",
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            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "source": "security@wordfence.com"
    }
  ],
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      "value": "The underConstruction plugin \u003c= 1.18 for WordPress echoes out the raw value of `$GLOBALS[\u0027PHP_SELF\u0027]` 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."
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "value": "El plugin underConstruction versiones anteriores a 1.18 incluy\u00e9ndola, para WordPress se hace eco del valor bruto de \"$GLOBALS[\"PHP_SELF\"]\" en el archivo ucOptions.php. En determinadas configuraciones, incluyendo Apache+modPHP, esto permite usarlo para llevar acabo un ataque de tipo Cross-Site Scripting reflejado, inyectando c\u00f3digo malicioso en la ruta de petici\u00f3n"
    }
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T04:03:32.767",
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  "vulnStatus": "Modified",
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}



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