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CVE-2021-38316

MEDIUM 6.1 CVSS 3.1
Published
September 9, 2021
Last modified
June 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified
Reported by
security@wordfence.com
Weakness
CWE-79
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Description

The WP Academic People List WordPress plugin is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the category_name parameter in the ~/admin-panel.php file which allows attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts, in versions up to and including 0.4.1.

Affected WordPress components

A confirmed match is backed by the plugin or theme slug. A possible match is based on the product name only and should be verified.

Affected products and versions

  • WP Academic People List WP Academic People List — From 0.4.1 (including) to 0.4.1 (including)
  • wp_academic_people_list_project wp_academic_people_list — Up to and including 0.4.1

References

  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-academic-people/tags/0.4.1/admin-panel.php#L57 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
  • www.wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2021-38316 Third Party Advisory
  • nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record