VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2024-8682
CVSS score5.3 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.28%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2025-03-05
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
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.
Weakness classification
- security@wordfence.com: CWE-862