CVE-2022-2627

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.

CVSS v3.1

6.1 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CVSS v3.1

6.1 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

EPSS

1.02% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 61th percentile

Nuclei

medium · CWE-79

Published

2022-10-31

Updated

2025-05-08

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/038327d0-568f-4011-9b7e-3da39e8b6aea

Nuclei templates (1)

• projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2022/CVE-2022-2627.yaml

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2022-26269
• CVE-2022-26271
• CVE-2022-26265
• CVE-2022-26278
• CVE-2022-26263
• CVE-2022-26279