CVE-2024-8682 JNews - WordPress Newspaper Magazine Blog AMP Theme <= 11.6.6 - Unauthorized User Registration
Unauthenticated attackers can register as users even when registration is disabled, potentially leading to unauthorized access.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-8682?
CVE-2024-8682 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in https://themeforest.net/item/jnews-one-stop-solution-for-web-publishing/20566392 JNews - WordPress Newspaper Magazine Blog AMP Theme, published on 5 Mar 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
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.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-8682?
How do I fix CVE-2024-8682?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-8682 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2024-8682 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-8682 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-f8hf-x5x5-6vgr.