Newspaper - News & WooCommerce WordPress Theme <= 6.7 - Arbitrary Options Update

2016-06-06 00:00

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Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 6.7.2

Affected ThemeNewspaper - News & WooCommerce WordPress Theme

Affected Version<= 6.7.1

CVSS9.8Critical

CVECVE-2016-10972

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Vulnerability Overview

The newspaper theme before 6.7.2 for WordPress has a lack of options access control via td_ajax_update_panel.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 6.7.2, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization) The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-10972 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/cc742fa0-7d10-4fe4-b95c-7d4ca563d402

CVSS Vector

9.8

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

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