CVE-2021-39322

6.1 MEDIUM

The Easy Social Icons plugin <= 3.0.8 for WordPress echoes out the raw value of `$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']` in its main file

Published: 2021-09-02 · Last updated: 2026-06-17

Severity and scoring

CVSS: 6.1 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE: CWE-79

Affected products

Vendor	Product
cybernetikz	easy_social_icons

Description

The Easy Social Icons plugin <= 3.0.8 for WordPress echoes out the raw value of `$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']` in its main 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.

Source: NVD

References

[NVD]https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-39322
[Exploit reference]https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/5e0bf0b6-9809-426b-b1d4-1fb653083b58
[Other]https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2021-39322
[Exploit reference]https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/5e0bf0b6-9809-426b-b1d4-1fb653083b58
[Other]https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2021-39322

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