What is CVE-2024-8056?

CVE-2024-8056 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-2024-8056?

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

Is CVE-2024-8056 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-2024-8056

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

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.003 (22.3th 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-2024-8056?: CVE-2024-8056 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-2024-8056?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-8056 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.