CVE-2021-39320
The underConstruction plugin <= 1.18 for WordPress echoes out the raw value of `$GLOBALS['PHP_SELF']` in the ucOptions.php file. On certain configurations including Apache+modPHP, this makes it possible to use it to perform a reflected Cross-Site Scripting attack by injecting malicious code in the request path.
Published:Sep 1, 2021
Last Modified:May 5, 2025
EPS:Sep 1, 2021
EPSS Score:0.13936
CVSS Score:6.1
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Underconstruction Project
Product
Underconstruction
Underconstruction Project
Underconstruction
Exploits
No exploit reference
Common Weakness Enumeration
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Related CVEs
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
