CVE-2012-20004
K-news WordPress Plugin < 1.1.1 Reflected XSS via fontpicker index.php ff Parameter
CVSS Score
6.1
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th
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.
| CWE | CWE-79 |
| Vendor | carles reverter |
| Product | k-news |
| Published | Oct 20, 2026 |
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CVSS v3 Breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Affected Versions
Carles Reverter / K-news
0 < 1.1.1
References
exploit-db.com: https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37484 web.archive.org: http://web.archive.org/web/20210213220043/https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54330/info acunetix.com: https://www.acunetix.com/vulnerabilities/web/wordpress-plugin-knews-multilingual-newsletters-ff-parameter-cross-site-scripting-1-1-0 github.com: https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/vulnerabilities/wordpress/wp-knews-xss.yaml wordpress.org: https://wordpress.org/plugins/knews/ vulncheck.com: https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/k-news-wordpress-plugin-1.1.1-reflected-xss-via-fontpicker-index-php-ff-parameter
Credits
Sammy FORGIT 🔍 The Shadowserver Foundation