What is CVE-2024-8054?

CVE-2024-8054 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mm-breaking_news_project Mm-breaking_news, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2024-09-12.

How severe is CVE-2024-8054?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-8054 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Mm-breaking_news_project Mm-breaking_news

CVE-2024-8054

The MM-Breaking News WordPress plugin through 0.7.9 does not have CSRF check in some places, and is missing sanitisation as well as escaping, which could allow attackers to make logged in admin add Stored XSS payloads via a CSRF attack.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.002 (10.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Mm-breaking_news_project Mm-breaking_news
Unknown Mm-breaking News — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

contact@wpscan.com (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-8054?: CVE-2024-8054 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mm-breaking_news_project Mm-breaking_news, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2024-09-12.
How severe is CVE-2024-8054?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-8054 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.