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CVE-2021-39322: Easy Social Icons <= 3.0.8 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2021-09-02 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

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.

Affected products

• cybernetikz Easy Social Icons: before 3.0.9 — fixed in 3.0.9

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: cybernetikz Easy Social Icons 3.0.9. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/5e0bf0b6-9809-426b-b1d4-1fb653083b58
• https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2021-39322
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/5e0bf0b6-9809-426b-b1d4-1fb653083b58
• https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2021-39322

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