CVE-2021-38312

MediumCVSS 6.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The Gutenberg Template Library & Redux Framework plugin <= 4.2.11 for WordPress used an incorrect authorization check in the REST API endpoints registered under the “redux/v1/templates/” REST Route in “redux-templates/classes/class-api.php”. The `permissions_callback` used in this file only checked for the `edit_posts` capability which is granted to lower-privileged users such as contributors, allowing such users to install arbitrary plugins from the WordPress repository and edit arbitrary posts.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 6.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-280CWE-863

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Sep 2, 2021
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2021-38312: Medium severity, CVSS 6.5 | Vulnix