CVE-2021-38356

Published: Nov 1, 2021

Modified: Mar 31, 2025

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

6.1

MEDIUM

Description

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'].

Vendor	Product	Versions
NextScripts	NextScripts: Social Networks Auto-Poster	affected `4.3.20 - <= 4.3.20`

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-79

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

References

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

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CVE-2021-38356

Description

Affected Products

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

References