CVE-2021-39322 MEDIUM

CVE-2021-39322: Easy Social Icons <= 3.0.8 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Vendor Cybernetikz
Product Easy Social Icons
Weakness CWE-79 · XSS
Published September 2, 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 Easy Social Icons plugin <= 3.0.8 for WordPress echoes out the raw value of `$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']` in its main 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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

September 2, 2021 CVE published
May 5, 2025 Record updated