CVE-2022-2627 (GCVE-0-2022-2627)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-10-31 00:00 – Updated: 2025-05-08 19:09
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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.
Severity ?
6.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Unknown Newspaper Affected: 12 , < 12 (custom)
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Credits
Ramon Dunker
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