vulnerability
WordPress Plugin: wp-nested-pages: CVE-2021-38342: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) | Aug 25, 2021 | May 15, 2025 | May 4, 2026 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Aug 25, 2021
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
May 4, 2026
Description
The Nested Pages WordPress plugin less than or equal to 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.
Solution
wp-nested-pages-plugin-cve-2021-38342
References
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-38342
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ecbbe9f0-bf6c-4153-9843-8ae7713adef9?source=api-prod
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2021-24795
- CVE-2021-38342
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2021-38342
- CWE-352
- EUVD-EUVD-2021-24795
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