Vulnerability · Published Jun 15, 2024 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2024-3815Newspaper <= 12.6.5 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Attachment Meta
Medium 5.5
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site scripting in Newspaper - News & WooCommerce WordPress Theme. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 20% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The Newspaper theme for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via attachment meta in the archive page in all versions up to, and including, 12.6.5 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | Newspaper - News & WooCommerce WordPress Theme | 0 – through 12.6.5 |
Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N