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.

Related CPE's

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jnews

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wordpress

Vulnerable

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/415ca763-fe65-48cb-acd3-b375a400217e

ExploitThird Party Advisory

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/415ca763-fe65-48cb-acd3-b375a400217e

ExploitThird Party Advisory

Weaknesses

[email protected]

Secondary
CWE-79

CVSS impact metrics

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

6.1 · Medium

Information

Source identifier

[email protected]

Vulnerability status

Modified

Published

2021-06-07T11:15:16.740Z

5 years ago

Last modified

2026-06-17T03:39:51.880Z

3 months ago