CVE-2021-24342
JNews < 8.0.6 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Vexday Risk Score
18Low
SSVC decision (CISA)
Attend
PoC available → attend closely
CVSS —EPSS 2.0%KEV nãoPoC —Nuclei simMetasploit —Patch —
Lifecycle
07 Jun 2021Published on NVD
Recommendation: Plan a near-term fix — a public PoC already exists.
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.
Affected products
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