CVE-2021-42365 [Medium] | XSS in Asgaros Forum

The Asgaros Forums WordPress plugin is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting due to insufficient escaping via the name parameter found in the ~/admin/tables/admin-structure-table.php file which allowed attackers with administrative user access to inject arbitrary web scripts, in versions up to and including 1.15.13. This affects multi-site installations where unfiltered_html is disabled for administrators, and sites where unfiltered_html is disabled.

#	Date	Old EPSS score	New EPSS score	Delta (New - Old)
1	2026-04-22	0.42%	0.57%	+0.15%
2	2025-06-26	0.61%	0.42%	-0.18%
3	2025-03-30	—	0.61%	—

Date

Old EPSS score

New EPSS score

Delta (New - Old)

2026-04-22

0.42%

0.57%

+0.15%

2025-06-26

0.61%

0.42%

-0.18%

2025-03-30

—

0.61%

—

Base score	Version	Severity	Vector	Exploitability	Impact	Score source
4.8	3.1	MEDIUM	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N` Click to expand Attack vector (AV:N) Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine. Attack complexity (AC:L) Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup. Privileges required (PR:H) They need powerful rights—admin, root, or similar—before this pays off. User interaction (UI:R) A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land. Scope (S:C) Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius. Confidentiality (C:L) Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump. Integrity (I:L) Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes. Availability (A:N) Service keeps running; no real outage angle.	1.7	2.7	[email protected]
4.8	3.1	MEDIUM	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N` Click to expand Attack vector (AV:N) Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine. Attack complexity (AC:L) Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup. Privileges required (PR:H) They need powerful rights—admin, root, or similar—before this pays off. User interaction (UI:R) A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land. Scope (S:C) Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius. Confidentiality (C:L) Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump. Integrity (I:L) Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes. Availability (A:N) Service keeps running; no real outage angle.	1.7	2.7	[email protected]
2.1	2.0	LOW	`AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N` Click to expand Access vector (AV:N) Can be exploited remotely over network reachability. Access complexity (AC:H) Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions. Authentication (AU:S) A single authentication is required. Confidentiality impact (C:N) No confidentiality impact. Integrity impact (I:P) Partial integrity impact. Availability impact (A:N) No availability impact.	3.9	2.9	[email protected]

Base score

Version

Severity

Vector

Exploitability

Impact

Score source

4.8

3.1

MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Click to expand

Attack vector (AV:N): Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L): Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:H): They need powerful rights—admin, root, or similar—before this pays off.
User interaction (UI:R): A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:C): Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:L): Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:L): Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N): Service keeps running; no real outage angle.

1.7

2.7

[email protected]

4.8

3.1

MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Click to expand

Attack vector (AV:N): Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L): Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:H): They need powerful rights—admin, root, or similar—before this pays off.
User interaction (UI:R): A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:C): Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:L): Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:L): Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N): Service keeps running; no real outage angle.

1.7

2.7

[email protected]

2.1

2.0

LOW

AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand

Access vector (AV:N): Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:H): Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
Authentication (AU:S): A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N): No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P): Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N): No availability impact.

3.9

2.9

[email protected]

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2021-42365

Vendor	Product	Version	Raw CPE
asgaros	asgaros_forum	< 1.15.14	cpe:2.3:a:asgaros:asgaros_forum::::::wordpress::*

References for CVE-2021-42365

URL	Tags
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2635143/asgaros-forum/trunk/admin/tables/admin-structure-table.php	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2021-42365	Third Party Advisory

URL

CVE-2021-42365 | Asgaros Forums <= 1.15.13 Authenticated Stored XSS

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2021-42365

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2021-42365

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2021-42365

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2021-42365

References for CVE-2021-42365