CVE-2021-39320 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2021-39320

underConstruction <= 1.18 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Ramuel Gall, Wordfence

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

underConstruction
Vulnerable Versions:
1.18

Timeline

Official Publish: September 1st, 2021
Last Modified: May 5th, 2025
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)