TI-2024-10057 Aliases CVE-2024-10849 GHSA-h93p-m64j-76rp

NewsMash <= 1.0.71 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

LOW 28CWE-79Published 2024-12-06 · Updated 2026-04-08

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: Low
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 NewsMash theme for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via a malicious display name in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.71 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. CVE-2024-56208 is a duplicate of this issue.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00267 18th 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
desertthemes	NewsMash	up to 1.0.71	—	No fix listed	CNA

NewsMash Vendordesertthemes Affected up to 1.0.71 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-10849
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-h93p-m64j-76rp

References

Other 2

TI-2024-37178 WordPress NewsMash theme <= 1.0.71 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
TI-2024-10056 NewsMunch <= 1.0.35 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.4
TI-2025-36470 WordPress SoftMe Theme <= 1.1.27 - Broken Access Control Vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3
TI-2026-24872 WordPress Corpiva theme <= 1.0.96 - Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3
TI-2024-24945 WordPress NewsMash theme <= 1.0.34 - Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3

Sources

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