TI-2021-15949 Aliases CVE-2021-38342 GHSA-rq28-x6fq-j954

Nested Pages <= 3.1.15 Cross-Site Request Forgery to Arbitrary Post Deletion and Modification

LOW 36CWE-352Published 2021-08-30 · Updated 2024-09-17

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: Required
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Tampering
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: None · High · High
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-352.

Summary

The Nested Pages WordPress plugin <= 3.1.15 was vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery via the `npBulkAction`s and `npBulkEdit` `admin_post` actions, which allowed attackers to trash or permanently purge arbitrary posts as well as changing their status, reassigning their ownership, and editing other metadata.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00492 42nd percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
Kyle Phillips	Nested Pages	3.1.15 – 3.1.15	—	No fix listed	CNA

Nested Pages VendorKyle Phillips Affected 3.1.15 – 3.1.15 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:kylephillips:nested_pages::::::wordpress::*	up to 3.1.15	Vulnerable	Kyle Phillips

cpe:2.3:a:kylephillips:nested_pages:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions up to 3.1.15 Vulnerable ·Kyle Phillips

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-38342
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-rq28-x6fq-j954

References

Advisory 1

https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/

Other 1

https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2021/08/nested-pages-pat%E2%80%A6on-vulnerability/

TI-2025-00609 Nested Pages < 3.2.13 - Contributor+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.8
TI-2024-08125 Nested Pages <= 3.2.8 - Editor+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.8
TI-2022-01845 Nested Pages < 3.1.21 - Admin+ Stored Cross Site Scripting CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.8
TI-2024-05508 Nested Pages <= 3.2.7 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Local File Inclusion CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2021-15950 Nested Pages <= 3.1.15 Open Redirect CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
TI-2023-26854 WordPress Nested Pages Plugin <= 3.2.6 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.9

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Sources

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