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CVE-2021-34631: NewsPlugin <= 1.0.18 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Stored Cross-Site Scripting

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2021-08-05 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-352

Description

The NewsPlugin WordPress plugin is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery via the handle_save_style function found in the ~/news-plugin.php file which allows attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts, in versions up to and including 1.0.18.

Affected products

• NewsPlugin: through 1.0.18

References

• https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2021-34631
• https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2021-34631

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