What is CVE-2021-38342?

CVE-2021-38342 is a high-severity vulnerability in Kyle Phillips Nested Pages, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2021-08-30.

How severe is CVE-2021-38342?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2021-38342 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CSRF in Kyle Phillips Nested Pages

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 changi…

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

EPSS: 0.005 (38.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Kyle Phillips Nested Pages — versions 3.1.15
Kylephillips Nested_pages

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-352 — Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

security@wordfence.com (x_refsource_MISC)
nvd@nist.gov (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-38342?: CVE-2021-38342 is a high-severity vulnerability in Kyle Phillips Nested Pages, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2021-08-30.
How severe is CVE-2021-38342?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-38342 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.