CVE-2021-38356 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The NextScripts: Social Networks Auto-Poster <= 4.3.20 WordPress plugin is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the $_REQUEST['page'] parameter which is echoed out on inc/nxs_class_snap.php by supplying the appropriate value 'nxssnap-post' to load the page in $_GET['page'] along with malicious JavaScript in $_POST['page'].

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Nextscripts	Social Networks Auto Poster

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:nextscripts:social_networks_auto_poster:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2021/10/xss-vulnerability-in-nextscripts-social-networks-auto-poster-plugin-impacts-100000-sites/

History

Mon, 31 Mar 2025 18:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published: 2021-11-01T21:01:08.103Z

Updated: 2025-03-31T17:46:39.437Z

Reserved: 2021-08-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-38356

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T01:37:16.565Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-11-01T21:15:07.680

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:16:53.390

Link: CVE-2021-38356

Redhat

No data.

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