Vulnerability · Published Aug 30, 2021 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2021-38342Nested Pages <= 3.1.15 Cross-Site Request Forgery to Arbitrary Post Deletion and Modification
High 8.1
In plain English
A high-severity cross-site request forgery in Nested Pages from Kyle Phillips. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 42% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.1High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 57.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
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 changing their status, reassigning their ownership, and editing other metadata.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Kyle Phillips | Nested Pages | 3.1.15 – through 3.1.15 |
Weakness: CWE-352 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H