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CVE-2024-8682

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CVE-2024-8682 - JNews Unauthenticated Registration PoC

JNews (<= 11.6.6) has a vulnerability that allows unauthenticated user registration via the ?ajax-request=jnews endpoint, even when WordPress registration is disabled.

This works by first retrieving a valid jnews_nonce through the jnews_refresh_nonce action, then using it to register a new user via register_handler.

Usage

root@kitploit:~
python3 cve-2024-8682.py -u https://target.com -n newuser -e [email protected]

Arguments

  • -u: Target WordPress URL
  • -n: Username
  • -e: Email

References

  • https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/wordpress-themes/jnews/jnews-wordpress-newspaper-magazine-blog-amp-theme-1166-unauthorized-user-registration
  • https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8682
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