Is CVE-2021-38312 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2021-38312 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2021-38312?

CVE-2021-38312 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.1 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2021-38312?

CVE-2021-38312 has an EPSS score of 1.34% (68th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix or mitigate CVE-2021-38312?

No published fix for CVE-2021-38312 has been found yet. Check the linked vendor advisories for guidance as it becomes available.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2021-38312

HIGH

7.1

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

The Gutenberg Template Library & Redux Framework plugin <= 4.2.11 for WordPress used an incorrect authorization check in the REST API endpoints registered under the “redux/v1/templates/” REST Route in “redux-templates/classes/class-api.php”. The `permissions_callback` used in this file only checked for the `edit_posts` capability which is granted to lower-privileged users such as contributors, allowing such users to install arbitrary plugins from the WordPress repository and edit arbitrary posts.

CWE-280Improper Handling of Insufficient Permissions CWE-863Incorrect Authorization

How to fix

No published remediation has been found for this vulnerability's affected products yet.

Mitigation guidance may be in the linked vendor advisories in the References section below.

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CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityLow

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L

Exploit Intelligence

1.34%probability of exploitation in 30 days

68thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 68% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

wordfence.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-280 (Improper Handling of Insufficient Permissions) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2024-24116	Critical	9.8	28%	-	-
CVE-2026-20817	High	7.8	5.3%	-	Fix
CVE-2020-8219	High	7.2	2.2%	-	-
CVE-2012-4550	Medium	5.3	2.1%	-	-
CVE-2020-26195	Medium	5.3	1.8%	-	-
CVE-2019-6570	High	8.8	1.4%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.