CVE-2021-38312

CVSS V2 Medium 4 CVSS V3 Medium 6.5
Description
The Gutenberg Template Library & Redux Framework plugin <= 4.2.11 for WordPress used an incorrect authorization check in the REST API endpoints registered under the “redux/v1/templates/” REST Route in “redux-templates/classes/class-api.php”. The `permissions_callback` used in this file only checked for the `edit_posts` capability which is granted to lower-privileged users such as contributors, allowing such users to install arbitrary plugins from the WordPress repository and edit arbitrary posts.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2021-38312
  • Assigner
  • security@wordfence.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2021-09-02T17:15:09
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2022-10-27T12:50:00
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-863 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/863.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:redux:gutenberg_template_library_\&_redux_framework:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* 1 OR 4.2.11
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • SINGLE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 4
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 6.5
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.8
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2021/09/over-1-million-sites-affected-by-redux-framework-vulnerabilities/ Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38312
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-38312
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 16:06:07 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-05 09:35:17 2021-09-02T17:15Z 2021-09-02T17:15:09 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-05 09:35:17 2022-10-27T12:50:00 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-05 09:35:18 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated