CVE-2021-39343

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  2. Vulnerabilities (CVE)
  3. CVE-2021-39343
The MPL-Publisher WordPress plugin is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting due to insufficient input validation and sanitization via several parameters found in the ~/libs/PublisherController.php file which allowed attackers with administrative user access to inject arbitrary web scripts, in versions up to and including 1.30.2. This affects multi-site installations where unfiltered_html is disabled for administrators, and sites where unfiltered_html is disabled.

5.5 /10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.3 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

3.5 /10

CVSS v2.0 : LOW

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Exploitability : 6.8 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

References
Link Resource
https://github.com/BigTiger2020/word-press/blob/main/MPL-Publisher.md Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mpl-publisher/trunk/libs/PublisherController.php#L35 Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2021-39343 Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/BigTiger2020/word-press/blob/main/MPL-Publisher.md Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mpl-publisher/trunk/libs/PublisherController.php#L35 Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2021-39343 Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:mpl-publisher:mpl-publisher:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
History

25 Apr 2025, 19:11

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time Mpl-publisher
Mpl-publisher mpl-publisher
CPE cpe:2.3:a:mpl-publisher_project:mpl-publisher:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* cpe:2.3:a:mpl-publisher:mpl-publisher:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

21 Nov 2024, 06:19

Type Values Removed Values Added
CVSS v2 : 3.5
v3 : 4.8 		v2 : 3.5
v3 : 5.5
References () https://github.com/BigTiger2020/word-press/blob/main/MPL-Publisher.md - Exploit, Third Party Advisory () https://github.com/BigTiger2020/word-press/blob/main/MPL-Publisher.md - Exploit, Third Party Advisory
References () https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mpl-publisher/trunk/libs/PublisherController.php#L35 - Exploit, Third Party Advisory () https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mpl-publisher/trunk/libs/PublisherController.php#L35 - Exploit, Third Party Advisory
References () https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2021-39343 - Third Party Advisory () https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2021-39343 - Third Party Advisory

22 Oct 2021, 20:22

Type Values Removed Values Added
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : 5.5 		v2 : 3.5
v3 : 4.8
CPE cpe:2.3:a:mpl-publisher_project:mpl-publisher:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
References (MISC) https://github.com/BigTiger2020/word-press/blob/main/MPL-Publisher.md - (MISC) https://github.com/BigTiger2020/word-press/blob/main/MPL-Publisher.md - Exploit, Third Party Advisory
References (MISC) https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2021-39343 - (MISC) https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2021-39343 - Third Party Advisory
References (MISC) https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mpl-publisher/trunk/libs/PublisherController.php#L35 - (MISC) https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mpl-publisher/trunk/libs/PublisherController.php#L35 - Exploit, Third Party Advisory

19 Oct 2021, 15:26

Type Values Removed Values Added
New CVE
Information

Published : 2021-10-19 15:15

Updated : 2025-04-25 19:11

NVD link : CVE-2021-39343

Mitre link : CVE-2021-39343

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-39343

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Products Affected

mpl-publisher

  • mpl-publisher
CWE
CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')