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CVE-2012-20004 Details

ANALYZED

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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.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

VolerionCVSS-B:6.1 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CNA: [email protected]CVSS-B:6.1 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/vulnerabilities/wordpress/wp-knews-xss.yaml	[email protected]	Exploit
https://wordpress.org/plugins/knews/	[email protected]	Not ApplicableVendor
https://www.acunetix.com/vulnerabilities/web/wordpress-plugin-knews-multilingual-newsletters-ff-parameter-cross-site-scripting-1-1-0	[email protected]	AdvisoryRemedy
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37484	[email protected]	Broken LinkExploit
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/k-news-wordpress-plugin-1.1.1-reflected-xss-via-fontpicker-index-php-ff-parameter	[email protected]	AdvisoryBundleRemedy
http://web.archive.org/web/20210213220043/https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54330/info	[email protected]	AdvisoryBroken Link

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-79	Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
K-news	>= 0, < 1.1.1
CPE No CPEs found in CPE dictionary for this product. Remediation Upgrade: 1.1.1moderate effort

Change History

2 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Oct 23, 2026	CVE Modified	CISA-ADP
Oct 20, 2026	New CVE Received	[email protected]