CVE-2021-38342

HIGH
Published Aug 30, 20214y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
8.1 CVSS 3.1
High
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Published Aug 30, 2021 4y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

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.

CVSS Details

Base Score
8.1
Exploitability
2.8
Impact
5.2
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity High
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

No active exploitation signals — not in CISA KEV and no EPSS score yet.

Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Authentication

Affected Products 1

VendorProductVersionRange
kylephillipsnested_pages* ≤3.1.15

References 2

  • wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2021/08/nested-pages-pat%E2%80%A6on-vulnerability/
  • wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/
    Third Party Advisory

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.