CVE-2016-10972 is a critical access control vulnerability affecting the Newspaper theme for WordPress, specifically versions prior to 6.7.2. This flaw, rated 9.8 CVSS, allows unauthenticated attackers to bypass access controls via the td_ajax_update_panel function, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on CISA's KEV catalog, exploit intelligence indicates a Nuclei template exists for privilege escalation, and it has garnered community discussion and media coverage, including its use by new Linux malware.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 6.7.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:tagdiv:newspaper:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.