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TI-2021-16723 Aliases CVE-2021-39356GHSA-9xwx-6whw-r67w

Content Staging <= 2.0.1 Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Priority LOW 27CWE-79Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
High
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · Low · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

The Content Staging WordPress plugin is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting due to insufficient input validation and escaping via several parameters that are echo'd out via the ~/templates/settings.php file which allowed attackers with administrative user access to inject arbitrary web scripts, in versions up to and including 2.0.1. This affects multi-site installations where unfiltered_html is disabled for administrators, and sites where unfiltered_html is disabled.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00989 62nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
Content StagingContent Staging2.0.1 – 2.0.1—No fix listedCNA
  • Content Staging VendorContent Staging Affected 2.0.1 – 2.0.1 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:content_staging_project:content_staging:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*up to 2.0.1VulnerableContent Staging Project
  • cpe:2.3:a:content_staging_project:content_staging:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions up to 2.0.1 Vulnerable ·Content Staging Project

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-39356
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9xwx-6whw-r67w

References

Exploit 1

Advisory 2

Sources

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