CVE-2022-2167 describes a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting the Newspaper WordPress theme prior to version 12. This flaw arises from insufficient sanitization of a parameter before its output in an HTML attribute via an AJAX action. Rated with a CVSS score of 6.1 (Medium), the vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) and could lead to low impact on confidentiality and integrity (C:L/I:L). There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 12CPE 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:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.