{"id":"CVE-2012-20004","title":"K-news WordPress Plugin < 1.1.1 Reflected XSS via fontpicker index.php ff Parameter","summary":"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 re…","severity":"medium","cvss":6.1,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","cvssSource":"cna","cwe":["CWE-79"],"vendor":"Carles Reverter","product":"K-news","affected":["K-news < 1.1.1"],"published":"2026-10-20","updated":"2026-10-20","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-20T20:31:19.801Z","source":"CVEORG","sourceUrl":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-20004","references":[{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37484","label":"EDB-37484"},{"url":"http://web.archive.org/web/20210213220043/https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54330/info","label":"BID 54330 (archived)"},{"url":"https://www.acunetix.com/vulnerabilities/web/wordpress-plugin-knews-multilingual-newsletters-ff-parameter-cross-site-scripting-1-1-0","label":"Acunetix Advisory"},{"url":"https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/vulnerabilities/wordpress/wp-knews-xss.yaml","label":"Nuclei Template"},{"url":"https://wordpress.org/plugins/knews/","label":"WordPress Download Page"},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/k-news-wordpress-plugin-1.1.1-reflected-xss-via-fontpicker-index-php-ff-parameter","label":"VulnCheck Advisory: K-news WordPress Plugin < 1.1.1 Reflected XSS via fontpicker index.php ff Parameter"}],"tags":["cve.org"],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-20T21:19:21.268Z","slug":"CVE-2012-20004","body":"## Overview\n\nK-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.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `K-news < 1.1.1`\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":34,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":33.6,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}