TI-2024-03559 Aliases CVE-2024-3815 GHSA-xhhx-8x4v-2374

Newspaper <= 12.6.5 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Attachment Meta

LOW 25CWE-79Published 2024-06-15 · Updated 2026-04-08

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: High
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Low · Low · None
Fix status: No fix listed

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

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00279 20th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
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

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	Newspaper - News & WooCommerce WordPress Theme	up to 12.6.5	—	No fix listed	CNA

Newspaper - News & WooCommerce WordPress Theme Vendor— Affected up to 12.6.5 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:tagdiv:newspaper::::::wordpress::*	before 12.6.6	Vulnerable	tagDiv

cpe:2.3:a:tagdiv:newspaper:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions before 12.6.6 Vulnerable ·tagDiv

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-3815
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-xhhx-8x4v-2374

References

Advisory 1

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6f0a332f-b761-44b3-86e8-82411455ba3e?source=cve

Other 1

https://themeforest.net/item/newspaper/5489609

TI-2022-02429 Newspaper < 12 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
TI-2022-02005 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

Sources

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