Vulnerability · Published Mar 5, 2025 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2024-8682JNews - WordPress Newspaper Magazine Blog AMP Theme <= 11.6.6 - Unauthorized User Registration
Medium 5.3
In plain English
A medium-severity missing authorization in JNews - WordPress Newspaper Magazine Blog AMP Theme from https://themeforest.net/item/jnews-one-stop-solution-for-web-publishing/20566392. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 21% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code.
Official 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.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| https://themeforest.net/item/jnews-one-stop-solution-for-web-publishing/20566392 | JNews - WordPress Newspaper Magazine Blog AMP Theme | 0 – through 11.6.6 |
Weakness: CWE-862 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N