CVE-2021-24342
Published Jun 7, 2021
Last updated 3 years ago
Overview
- Description
- 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.
- Source
- contact@wpscan.com
- NVD status
- Analyzed
Risk scores
CVSS 3.1
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 6.1
- Impact score
- 2.7
- Exploitability score
- 2.8
- Vector string
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Severity
- MEDIUM
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 4.3
- Impact score
- 2.9
- Exploitability score
- 8.6
- Vector string
- AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weaknesses
- contact@wpscan.com
- CWE-79
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Configurations
[
{
"nodes": [
{
"negate": false,
"cpeMatch": [
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:jnews:jnews:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "A614C61C-39E4-405F-AB55-D0E9C4225E7E",
"versionEndExcluding": "8.0.6"
}
],
"operator": "OR"
}
]
}
]