# CVE-2021-39322: Easy Social Icons <= 3.0.8 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

> Attackers can execute arbitrary scripts in victim browsers via reflected XSS in the Easy Social Icons WordPress plugin under specific server configurations.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 2 Sep 2021
- **Updated:** 5 May 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-4p2p-7qjx-7r5g

## What is CVE-2021-39322?

CVE-2021-39322 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in cybernetikz Easy Social Icons, published on 2 Sep 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 Easy Social Icons plugin <= 3.0.8 for WordPress echoes out the raw value of `$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']` in its main file. On certain configurations including Apache+modPHP this makes it possible to use it to perform a reflected Cross-Site Scripting attack by injecting malicious code in the request path.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-39322?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Cybernetikz Easy Social Icons.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-39322?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-39322 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2021-39322 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2021-39322 exists.

Public exploit code:

- WordPress Easy Social Icons Plugin < 3.0.9 - Cross-Site Scripting (nuclei): http/cves/2021/CVE-2021-39322.yaml

## Other vulnerabilities in cybernetikz Easy Social Icons

- [CVE-2022-0887](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0887/): Easy Social Icons < 3.1.4 - Admin+ SQL Injection (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2015-2084](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-2084/): Cross-site request forgery in n/a (medium 6.8)
- [CVE-2023-48336](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-48336/): WordPress Easy Social Icons Plugin <= 3.2.4 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2022-0840](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0840/): Easy Social Icons < 3.2.1 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting in add icon (medium 4.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-39322 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-39322 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in cybernetikz Easy Social Icons, published on 2 Sep 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2021-39322 exists.

Affected product: cybernetikz Easy Social Icons. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-39322/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-39322/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-39322
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-39322
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-39322

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-39322/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.