CVE-2021-24342 describes a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the JNews WordPress theme prior to version 8.0.6. This flaw allows an attacker to inject malicious scripts due to insufficient sanitization of the 'cat_id' parameter in specific AJAX requests. With a CVSS score of 6.1 (Medium), exploitation requires user interaction (UI:R) but can be executed remotely (AV:N) with low attack complexity (AC:L), potentially leading to information disclosure and integrity compromise (C:L/I:L). There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, no Metasploit modules or ExploitDB entries, and minimal community discussion or media coverage, though Nuclei templates exist for detection.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 8.0.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:jnews:jnews:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.