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CVE-2016-10972

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 9.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2019-09-16 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-269

Description

The newspaper theme before 6.7.2 for WordPress has a lack of options access control via td_ajax_update_panel.

Affected products

• Newspaper: before 6.7.2 — fixed in 6.7.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Newspaper 6.7.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8852
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39894
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8852
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39894

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