CVE-2021-38342 describes a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Nested Pages WordPress plugin up to version 3.1.15. This flaw allowed unauthenticated attackers to manipulate posts, including trashing, permanently purging, changing status, reassigning ownership, and editing metadata, through the npBulkAction and npBulkEdit admin_post actions. With a CVSS score of 8.1 (High), the vulnerability has a network attack vector and low attack complexity, posing a significant risk to data integrity and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 3.1.15CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:kylephillips:nested_pages:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | ||
>= 3.1.15, <= 3.1.15CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:kylephillips:nested_pages:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.