CVE-2024-8056

MEDIUM EPSS 22.3%

Published Sep 12, 20241y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago

6.1 CVSS 3.1

Medium

Published Sep 12, 2024 1y ago

Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

The MM-Breaking News WordPress plugin through 0.7.9 does not escape the $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] parameter before outputting it back in an attribute, which could lead to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting in old web browsers

CVSS Details

Base Score

6.1

Exploitability

2.8

Impact

2.7

Vector string

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

User Interaction Required

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Low

Integrity Low

Availability None

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability

22.3% percentile

Exploit & Patch Status

Public Exploit Known

No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-79 Cross-site Scripting Injection

Affected Products 1

Vendor	Product	Version	Range
mm-breaking_news_project	mm-breaking_news	*	≤0.7.9

References 1

wpscan.com https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/203b8122-f1e5-4e9e-ba83-f5cd59d8a289/

ExploitThird Party Advisory

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.