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CVE-2021-38333: WP Scrippets <= 1.5.1 Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2021-09-10 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The WP Scrippets WordPress plugin is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting due to a reflected $_SERVER["PHP_SELF"] value in the ~/wp-scrippets.php file which allows attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts, in versions up to and including 1.5.1.

Affected products

• WP Scrippets: through 1.5.1

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-scrippets/tags/1.5.1/wp-scrippets.php#L123
• https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2021-38333
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-scrippets/tags/1.5.1/wp-scrippets.php#L123
• https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2021-38333

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