CVE-2024-8682: JNews - WordPress Newspaper Magazine Blog AMP Theme <= 11.6.6 - Unauthorized User Registration
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.
Classification
CVE ID: CVE-2024-8682
CVSS Base Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Problem Types
CWE-862 Missing AuthorizationAffected Products
Vendor: https://themeforest.net/item/jnews-one-stop-solution-for-web-publishing/20566392
Product: JNews - WordPress Newspaper Magazine Blog AMP Theme
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
EPSS Score: 0.04% (probability of being exploited)
EPSS Percentile: 9.47% (scored less or equal to compared to others)
EPSS Date: 2025-04-02 (when was this score calculated)
References
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8682https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4b0d7ee7-a358-4487-a0cc-31ed810ae8bc?source=cve
https://themeforest.net/item/jnews-one-stop-solution-for-web-publishing/20566392