PT-2022-15023 · WordPress · Newspaper

Truoc Phan · Published 2022-10-31 · Updated 2022-11-01 · CVE-2022-2167

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.1

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Newspaper WordPress theme versions prior to 12

Description The issue is related to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting problem. It occurs because a parameter is not properly sanitized before being outputted back in an HTML attribute via an AJAX action.

Recommendations For versions prior to 12, update to version 12 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the AJAX action that outputs the unsanitized parameter to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2022-2167

Affected Products

Newspaper

References · 4

• 🔥 https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/ad35fbae-1e90-47a0-b1d2-f8d91a5db90e · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2167 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-2167 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/52306 · Telegram Post