CVE-2021-38339 describes a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Simple Matted Thumbnails WordPress plugin, affecting versions up to and including 1.01. This flaw allows attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts due to improper handling of the PHP_SELF variable. With a CVSS score of 6.1 (MEDIUM), the vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) and can lead to low impact on confidentiality and integrity (C:L/I:L). There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.01CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:devondev:simple_matted_thumbnails:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.