Name: CVE-2021-39322: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2021-09-02T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2021-39322, CWE-79, CVSS 6.1, EPSS 0.13873

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.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 6.1
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Easy Social Icons Plugin	—	Update easy-social-icons plugin to version 3.0.9, or a newer patched version	May 15, 2025	Sep 1, 2021

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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