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TI-2022-02005 Aliases CVE-2022-2167GHSA-5hp7-8m7g-vwm9

Newspaper < 12 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Priority MEDIUM 60CWE-79Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · Low · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

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

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00684 52nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed Newspaper (Unknown): 12

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
UnknownNewspaper12 to before 1212Patch availableCNA
  • Newspaper VendorUnknown Affected 12 to before 12 Fixed in 12 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:tagdiv:newspaper:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*before 12VulnerabletagDiv
  • cpe:2.3:a:tagdiv:newspaper:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions before 12 Vulnerable ·tagDiv

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Newspaper (Unknown) Fixed in 12

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

  • Release ·

    Newspaper 12

    2 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 2 MEDIUM

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2022-02429 Newspaper < 12 - Reflected Cross-Site ScriptingPriority MEDIUM 60
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Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-2167
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5hp7-8m7g-vwm9
  3. 2026-10-28 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile

References

Exploit 1

  • TI-2022-02429 Newspaper < 12 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
  • TI-2016-09010 The newspaper theme before 6.7.2 for WordPress has a lack of options access control via td_ajax_update_panel. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2017-13789 The newspaper theme before 6.7.2 for WordPress has script injection via td_ads[header] to admin-ajax.php. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2021-02226 An issue was discovered in the tagDiv Newspaper theme 10.3.9.1 for WordPress. CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
  • TI-2024-03559 Newspaper <= 12.6.5 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Attachment Meta CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5

Sources

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