Security advisory

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  "id": "c4a287b2e7ef44032e92da661d09644030deff6dfdac885f48271bc283cd7617",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-38312",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2021-38312",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-38312",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2021-38312",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2021-38312"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/reduxframework/redux-framework",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "19be1fa302fd9744226eddeb50b618cacc208e95"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:redux:gutenberg_template_library_\\&_redux_framework:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "4.2.11"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "4.2.11",
            "4.2.10",
            "4.2.9",
            "4.2.8",
            "4.2.7",
            "4.2.6",
            "4.2.5",
            "4.2.4",
            "4.2.3",
            "4.2.2",
            "4.2.1",
            "4.2.0",
            "4.1.29",
            "4.1.28",
            "3.6.18",
            "3.6.17",
            "3.6.16",
            "3.6.15",
            "3.6.5",
            "3.6.0.1",
            "3.5.9",
            "3.5.7",
            "3.5.5",
            "3.5.1",
            "3.5.0",
            "3.4.3.6",
            "3.4.0",
            "3.3.9.4",
            "3.3.8",
            "3.3.6",
            "3.5.5.10",
            "3.3.4",
            "3.3.3",
            "3.3.1.1",
            "3.3.0",
            "3.2.9.13",
            "3.2.9",
            "3.2.8",
            "3.2.6",
            "3.2.5",
            "3.2.4",
            "3.2.3",
            "3.2.2",
            "3.2.1",
            "3.1.9",
            "3.1.8",
            "3.1.6",
            "3.1.4",
            "3.1.3",
            "3.1.2",
            "3.1.0",
            "3.0.9",
            "3.0.8",
            "3.0.7",
            "3.0.6",
            "3.0.5",
            "3.0.4",
            "3.0.0-beta"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-38312.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:48.221328705Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2021/09/over-1-million-sites-affected-by-redux-framework-vulnerabilities/"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2021-38312",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 436716,
  "published_at": "2021-09-02T17:15:09.713+00:00"
}