CVE-2021-38315 SP Project & Document Manager <= 4.25 Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

What is CVE-2021-38315?

CVE-2021-38315 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in SmartyPants SP Project & Document Manager, published on 16 Aug 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The SP Project & Document Manager WordPress plugin is vulnerable to attribute-based Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the from and to parameters in the ~/functions.php file which allows attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts, in versions up to and including 4.25.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-38315?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Smartypantsplugins Sp Project \& Document Manager.

How do I fix CVE-2021-38315?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-38315 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2021-38315 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-38315 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in SmartyPants SP Project & Document Manager

• CVE-2023-3063 Missing authorization in SP Project & Document Manager High 8.8
• CVE-2021-4225 SP Project & Document Manager < 4.24 - Subscriber+ Shell Upload High 8.8
• CVE-2021-24347 SP Project & Document Manager <2 4.22 - Authenticated Shell Upload High 8.8
• CVE-2024-24868 WordPress SP Project & Document Manager Plugin <= 4.69 is vulnerable to SQL Injection High 8.5
• CVE-2023-36677 WordPress SP Project & Document Manager Plugin <= 4.67 is vulnerable to SQL Injection High 8.3

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-pp76-wh65-xhx2.