CVE-2012-20004
MEDIUM
CVSS 6.1
Published: 2026-10-20
Modified: 2026-10-22
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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.
Quick Facts
| CVE ID | CVE-2012-20004 |
| CVSS Score | 6.1 |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| Published | 2026-10-20 |
| Exploited | No |
| CISA KEV | No |
| PoC | Not public |
References
- http://web.archive.org/web/20210213220043/https://www.securi…
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/ma…
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/knews/
- https://www.acunetix.com/vulnerabilities/web/wordpress-plugi…
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37484
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/k-news-wordpress-plugin…