vulnerability
WordPress Plugin: redux-framework: CVE-2021-38314: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) | Sep 1, 2021 | May 15, 2025 | May 5, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Sep 1, 2021
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
May 5, 2026
Description
The Gutenberg Template Library and Redux Framework plugin less than or equal to 4.2.11 for WordPress registered several AJAX actions available to unauthenticated users in the `includes` function in `redux-core/class-redux-core.php` that were unique to a given site but deterministic and predictable given that they were based on an md5 hash of the site URL with a known salt value of '-redux' and an md5 hash of the previous hash with a known salt value of '-support'. These AJAX actions could be used to retrieve a list of active plugins and their versions, the site's PHP version, and an unsalted md5 hash of site’s `AUTH_KEY` concatenated with the `SECURE_AUTH_KEY`.
Solution
redux-framework-plugin-cve-2021-38314
References
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-38314
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5b5c2a74-c1e8-4381-8d0d-66a2ed3b937e?source=api-prod
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2021-24767
- CVE-2021-38314
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2021-38314
- CWE-200
- CWE-760
- CWE-916
- EUVD-EUVD-2021-24767
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