CVE-2024-8682

March 5, 2025, 9:15 a.m.

5.3
Medium

Description

The JNews - WordPress Newspaper Magazine Blog AMP Theme theme for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized user registration in all versions up to, and including, 11.6.6. This is due to the plugin not properly validate if the user can register option is enabled prior to creating a user though the register_handler() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to register as a user even when user registration is disabled.

Product(s) Impacted

Product Versions
JNews - WordPress Newspaper Magazine Blog AMP Theme
  • ['up to 11.6.6']

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-862
Missing Authorization
The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.

References

https://themeforest.net/item/jnews-one-stop-solution-for-web-publishing/20566392
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4b0d7ee7-a358-4487-a0cc-31ed810ae8bc?source=cve

Tags

security@wordfence.com
CWE-862
2025-03-05
CVE-2024-8682

CVSS Score

5.3 / 10

CVSS Data - 3.1

  • Attack Vector: NETWORK
  • Attack Complexity: LOW
  • Privileges Required: NONE
  • Scope: UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: LOW
  • Availability Impact: NONE

    • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

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Timeline

Published: March 5, 2025, 9:15 a.m.
Last Modified: March 5, 2025, 9:15 a.m.

Status : Awaiting Analysis

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

security@wordfence.com

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