CVE-2021-38316 MEDIUM

CVE-2021-38316: WP Academic People List <= 0.4.1 Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Vendor Wp Academic People List
Product WP Academic People List
Weakness CWE-79 · XSS
Published September 9, 2021
Last update May 5, 2025
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CVSS base score

6.1/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

The WP Academic People List WordPress plugin is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the category_name parameter in the ~/admin-panel.php file which allows attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts, in versions up to and including 0.4.1.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

September 9, 2021 CVE published
May 5, 2025 Record updated