CVE-2021-38351
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The OSD Subscribe WordPress plugin (versions up to and including 1.2.3) was identified with a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-38351. The vulnerability was discovered and reported by Wordfence on August 9, 2021. The issue exists in the osdsubscribemessage parameter within the ~/options/osdsubscribeoptions_subscribers.php file (NVD, CVE Mitre).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation) with a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 6.1 (Medium). The attack vector is network-based (AV:N) with low attack complexity (AC:L), requiring no privileges (PR:N) but user interaction (UI:R). The scope is changed (S:C) with low confidentiality and integrity impact (C:L, I:L) and no availability impact (A:N) (NVD).

Impact

If exploited, this vulnerability allows attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts through the osdsubscribemessage parameter. The impact is considered medium severity, with potential for compromising user data and session information through cross-site scripting attacks (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

Users should upgrade their OSD Subscribe WordPress plugin to a version newer than 1.2.3 to mitigate this vulnerability (NVD).

Additional resources


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