CVE-2024-8682

Summary

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.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
https://themeforest.net/item/jnews-one-stop-solution-for-web-publishing/20566392JNews - WordPress Newspaper Magazine Blog AMP Theme0 <= 11.6.6affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-862: CWE-862 Missing Authorization

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: none
    • Automatable: yes
    • Technical Impact: partial

References