CVE-2024-8682

MEDIUM

JNews - WordPress Newspaper Magazine Blog AMP Theme <11.6.6 - Unaut...

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STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2024-8682. PoCs published by 4minx.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This PoC exploits an unauthenticated user registration vulnerability in JNews WordPress theme by fetching a valid nonce and using it to register a new user via the `register_handler` action.

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.

Exploits (1)

nomisec WORKING POC 2 stars
by 4minx · poc
https://github.com/4minx/CVE-2024-8682

This PoC exploits an unauthenticated user registration vulnerability in JNews WordPress theme by fetching a valid nonce and using it to register a new user via the `register_handler` action.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Auth Bypass
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: JNews WordPress theme <= 11.6.6
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Target WordPress site with JNews theme <= 11.6.6 · Access to the `?ajax-request=jnews` endpoint
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (2)

Core 2

Scores

CVSS v3 5.3
EPSS 0.0026
EPSS Percentile 17.0%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable yes
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-862
Status published
Products (1)
https://themeforest.net/item/jnews-one-stop-solution-for-web-publishing/20566392/JNews - WordPress Newspaper Magazine Blog AMP Theme < 11.6.6
Published Mar 05, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026