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 possib

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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 possib

Package
underconstruction (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions
<1.19
Fixed in
1.19
Severity
medium  CVSS 6.1
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 2% (83.4th percentile)
Published
2021-09-01
Source
nvd

References

CWE-79
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