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CVE-2012-20004NVD
Vulnerability Summary
K-news plugin for WordPress before 1.1.1 contains a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to inject script by supplying unsanitized input through the 'ff' parameter. Attackers can craft GET requests to /wp-content/plugins/knews/wysiwyg/fontpicker/index.php with malicious 'ff' values echoed into option tags to execute script and steal session cookies. Exploitation evidence was first observed by the Shadowserver Foundation on 2023-10-19.
CVSS v4.0 Base Metrics — Score 5.1 (MEDIUM)
Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Attack RequirementsNone
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionActive
Confidentiality (Vulnerable System)None
Integrity (Vulnerable System)None
Availability (Vulnerable System)None
Confidentiality (Subsequent System)Low
Integrity (Subsequent System)Low
Availability (Subsequent System)None
CVSS v3.1 Base Metrics — Score 6.1 (MEDIUM)
Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionRequired
ScopeChanged
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone
Affected & Patched Versions
- Carles Reverter K-news < 1.1.1
- Carles Reverter K-news 1.1.1
External References
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37484
- http://web.archive.org/web/20210213220043/https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54330/info
- https://www.acunetix.com/vulnerabilities/web/wordpress-plugin-knews-multilingual-newsletters-ff-parameter-cross-site-scripting-1-1-0
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/vulnerabilities/wordpress/wp-knews-xss.yaml
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/knews/
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/k-news-wordpress-plugin-1.1.1-reflected-xss-via-fontpicker-index-php-ff-parameter