CVE-2022-2627

MEDIUM NUCLEI

Newspaper WordPress <12 - XSS

Title source: llm

Description

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.

Nuclei Templates (1)

WordPress Newspaper < 12 - Cross-Site Scripting

MEDIUMVERIFIEDby ramondunker,c4sper0

Shodan: http.html:/wp-content/themes/newspaper

FOFA: body=/wp-content/themes/newspaper

References (1)

[Exploit, Third Party Advisory] https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/038327d0-568f-4011-9b7e-3da39e8b6aea

Scores

CVSS v3 6.1

EPSS 0.2359

EPSS Percentile 96.0%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE

CWE-79

Status published

Products (1)

tagdiv/newspaper < 12

Published Oct 31, 2022

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026