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CVE-2024-8056: The MM-Breaking News WordPress plugin through 0.7.9 does not escape the $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] parameter before outputting it back in an attribute, which could lead to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

medium Affects mm-breaking-news (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.4, updated 2026-10-29; published ; advisory modified .

The MM-Breaking News WordPress plugin through 0.7.9 does not escape the $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] parameter before outputting it back in an attribute, which could lead to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Package
mm-breaking-news (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions
<=0.7.9
Fixed in
no fix recorded
Severity
medium  CVSS 6.1
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 0% (25.6th percentile)
Published
2024-09-12
Source
nvd

References

CWE-79
NVD recordmm-breaking-news (WordPress plugin) advisories

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