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JNews <= 11.6.6 is vulnerable to Unauthorized User Registration vulnerability

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Published
2025-03-03

The JNews - WordPress Newspaper Magazine Blog AMP Theme theme for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized user registration in all versions up to, and including, 11.6.6. This is due to the plugin not properly validate if the user can register option is enabled prior to creating a user though the register_handler() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to register as a user even when user registration is disabled.

CVSS

Score:5.3

Severity:Medium

Version: 11.6.6

There is a patch available in v11.6.7 and we strongly recommend you update to this version as soon as possible.