The Real WYSIWYG WordPress plugin is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting due to the use of PHP_SELF in the ~/real-wysiwyg.php file which allows attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts, in versions up to and including 0.0.2.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2021-39310 is rated Moderate Risk (42.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.76%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-06-15 | 0.20% | 0.76% | +0.56% |
| 2 | 2025-03-30 | 0.41% | 0.20% | -0.21% |
| 3 | 2025-03-29 | — | 0.41% | — |
Full EPSS history (11 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.1 | 3.1 | MEDIUM |
|
2.8 | 2.7 | [email protected] |
| 4.3 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
|
8.6 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| windyroad | real_wysiwyg | <= 0.0.2 | cpe:2.3:a:windyroad:real_wysiwyg:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/real-wysiwyg/tags/0.0.2/real-wysiwyg.php#L213 | Third Party Advisory |
| https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2021-39310 | Third Party Advisory |