Newspaper Theme up to 11 on WordPress AJAX Action a cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Newspaper Theme up to 11 on WordPress. It has been classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component AJAX Action Handler. Performing a manipulation of the argument a results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability was named CVE-2022-2627. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Newspaper Theme up to 11 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin). This affects an unknown code block of the component AJAX Action Handler. The manipulation of the argument a with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

The Newspaper WordPress theme before 12 does not sanitise a parameter before outputting it back in an HTML attribute via an AJAX action, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting.

The weakness was presented 10/31/2022. The advisory is shared at wpscan.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2022-2627 since 08/02/2022. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 12 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Newspaper Theme 12

Timelineinfo

08/02/2022 🔍
10/31/2022 +90 days 🔍
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05/09/2025 +921 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wpscan.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-2627 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-2627
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-212553

Entryinfo

Created: 10/31/2022 21:19
Updated: 05/09/2025 06:05
Changes: 10/31/2022 21:19 (42), 11/30/2022 07:47 (12), 05/09/2025 06:05 (15)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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