CVE-2016-10972

CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: September 16, 2019 at 04:40 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:40 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorNewspaper

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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 9%

Description

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

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 6.7.2
Affected range stops below 6.7.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (2)

x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8852
Exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39894

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-269

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