CVE-2021-38339
Simple Matted Thumbnails <= 1.01 Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
The Simple Matted Thumbnails WordPress plugin is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting due to a reflected $_SERVER["PHP_SELF"] value in the ~/simple-matted-thumbnail.php file which allows attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts, in versions up to and including 1.01.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Simple Matted Thumbnails <= 1.01 Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
The Simple Matted Thumbnails WordPress plugin is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting due to a reflected $_SERVER["PHP_SELF"] value in the ~/simple-matted-thumbnail.php file which allows attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts, in versions up to and including 1.01.
- Record
CVE-2021-38339- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-24792
The Simple Matted Thumbnails WordPress plugin is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting due to a reflected $_SERVER["PHP_SELF"] value in the ~/simple-matted-thumbnail.php file which allows attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts, in versions up to and including 1.01.
- Record
EUVD-2021-24792- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-v85g-hrr5-4jw4No score
The Simple Matted Thumbnails WordPress plugin is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting due...
The Simple Matted Thumbnails WordPress plugin is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting due to a reflected $_SERVER["PHP_SELF"] value in the ~/simple-matted-thumbnail.php file which allows attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts, in versions up to and including 1.01.
- Record
GHSA-v85g-hrr5-4jw4- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
The Simple Matted Thumbnails WordPress plugin is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting due to a reflected $_SERVER["PHP_SELF"] value in the ~/simple-matted-thumbnail.php file which allows attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts, in versions up to and including 1.01.
- Record
CVE-2021-38339- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-38339 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) in Devondev Simple Matted Thumbnails, published September 10, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.90%, the 60th percentile. No source names a fixed version.