CVE-2021-38342

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

HIGH
8.1
CVSS Score
Published: August 30, 2021 at 06:05 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:01 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorNested Pages

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Severity
HIGH8.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

95%
v ≤ 3.1.153.1.15

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

CVSS

8.1HIGHWordfence
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-352

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