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CVE-2021-42360

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-42360 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting the brainstormforce starter_templates plugin for WordPress, specifically when used with Elementor. It allows authenticated users with 'edit_posts' capability (e.g., Contributors) to inject malicious JavaScript into any Elementor-built page or post. An attacker could craft a malicious block, host it remotely, and then use an AJAX request to overwrite existing content, leading to client-side script execution for visitors. While no active exploitation or public exploit code is reported, and community discussion is minimal, the vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.4, indicating a moderate risk.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:brainstormforce:starter_templates:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.6HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
4.7
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.58%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
44.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0059 is in the 72nd percentile among its peer group of 15,225 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

wordfence.com / blog/2021/11/over-1-million-sites-impacted-by-vulnerability-in-starter-templates-plugin
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