CVE-2021-39322
Easy Social Icons <= 3.0.8 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
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.
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
Easy Social Icons <= 3.0.8 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
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.
- Record
CVE-2021-39322- 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-2021-25683
The Easy Social Icons plugin <= 3.0.8 for WordPress echoes out the raw value of $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] in its main file. On certain configurations including Apache+modPHP this makes it possible to use it to perform a reflected Cross-Site Scripting attack by injecting malicious code in the request path.
- Record
EUVD-2021-25683- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-4p2p-7qjx-7r5g No score
The Easy Social Icons plugin <= 3.0.8 for WordPress echoes out the raw value of `$_SERVER[...
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.
- Record
GHSA-4p2p-7qjx-7r5g- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
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.
- Record
CVE-2021-39322- 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
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Nuclei | WordPress Easy Social Icons Plugin < 3.0.9 - Cross-Site Scripting |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, Nuclei, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-39322 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) in Cybernetikz Easy Social Icons, published September 2, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.35%, the 83rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.