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CVE-2022-2627: Newspaper < 12 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2022-10-31 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Newspaper WordPress theme before 12 does not sanitise a parameter before outputting it back in an HTML attribute via an AJAX action, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting.

Affected products

• Newspaper: before 12 — fixed in 12

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Newspaper 12. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/038327d0-568f-4011-9b7e-3da39e8b6aea
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/038327d0-568f-4011-9b7e-3da39e8b6aea

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