underConstruction <= 1.18 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2021-39320
CVSS Medium (6.1)
Publicly Published August 31, 2021
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Ram
Description

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.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug underconstruction (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.18
Patched Version
  • 1.19
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