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CVE-2021-38353: Dropdown and scrollable Text <= 2.0 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 Dropdown and scrollable Text WordPress plugin is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the content parameter found in the ~/index.php file which allows attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts, in versions up to and including 2.0.

Affected products

• Dropdown and scrollable Text: through 2.0

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/dropdown-and-scrollable-text/trunk/index.php?rev=2307131#L176
• https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2021-38353
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/dropdown-and-scrollable-text/trunk/index.php?rev=2307131#L176
• https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2021-38353

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