Newspaper: Cross-site scripting
Newspaper is affected by cross-site scripting. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. Injected script can execute in the affected site's origin when the vulnerable output is viewed.
- Component
- Newspaper
- Plugin slug
newspaper- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Jul 19, 2021
This CVE was published Jul 19, 2021 and is one of 6 known issues for this theme.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Newspaper to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical description
An issue was discovered in the tagDiv Newspaper theme 10.3.9.1 for WordPress. It allows XSS via the wp-admin/admin-ajax.php td_block_id parameter in a td_ajax_block API call.
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N