JNews < 8.0.6 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
CVE-2021-24342

6.1MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Wordpress
Status
Jnews
Vendor
CVE Published:
7 June 2021

What is CVE-2021-24342?

The JNews WordPress theme before 8.0.6 did not sanitise the cat_id parameter in the POST request /?ajax-request=jnews (with action=jnews_build_mega_category_*), leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) issue.

Affected Version(s)

JNews 8.0.6

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/415ca763-fe65-48cb-acd3-...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.1
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Truoc Phan from Techlab Corporation
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