CVE-2012-20004
6.1 MEDIUMpublic exploit availablePublished 2026-10-20 · Updated 2026-10-23
AI analysis for this CVE has not been generated yet. Raw NVD data is shown below.
NVD description
K-news plugin for WordPress before 1.1.1 contains a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to inject script by supplying unsanitized input through the 'ff' parameter. Attackers can craft GET requests to /wp-content/plugins/knews/wysiwyg/fontpicker/index.php with malicious 'ff' values echoed into option tags to execute script and steal session cookies. Exploitation evidence was first observed by the Shadowserver Foundation on 2023-10-19.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-79
Public exploit & PoC references
All references
- http://web.archive.org/web/20210213220043/https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54330/info
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/vulnerabilities/wordpress/wp-knews-xss.yaml
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/knews/
- https://www.acunetix.com/vulnerabilities/web/wordpress-plugin-knews-multilingual-newsletters-ff-parameter-cross-site-scripting-1-1-0
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37484
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/k-news-wordpress-plugin-1.1.1-reflected-xss-via-fontpicker-index-php-ff-parameter
Source data: NVD (nvd.nist.gov), public domain. Exploit-DB.ai adds local AI analysis for defensive use only.
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