PT-2019-8547 · Tagdiv · Newspaper

Denis Sinegubko + 1 · Published 2019-09-16 · Updated 2019-09-16 · CVE-2017-18634

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Newspaper theme versions prior to 6.7.2

Description The issue concerns script injection via the td ads[header] variable to the "admin-ajax.php" endpoint. This allows for malicious script execution.

Recommendations For versions prior to 6.7.2, update to version 6.7.2 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the "admin-ajax.php" endpoint to minimize the risk of exploitation. Avoid using the td ads[header] variable in the affected endpoint until the issue is resolved.

Exploit

Fix

Special Elements Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-74

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-18634

Affected Products

Newspaper

References · 3

• 🔥 https://blog.sucuri.net/2017/06/unwanted-shorte-st-ads-in-unpatched-newspaper-theme.html · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18634 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-18634 · Vendor Advisory