Vulnerability CVE-2021-38336
Published: 2021-09-10

Description:
The Edit Comments XT WordPress plugin is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting due to a reflected $_SERVER["PHP_SELF"] value in the ~/edit-comments-xt.php file which allows attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts, in versions up to and including 1.0.

Type:

CWE-79

 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting'))

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.3/10
2.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
None
Affected software
Sw-guide -> Edit comments xt 

 References:
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/edit-comments-xt/tags/1.0/edit-comments-xt.php#L249
https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2021-38336
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