Newspapers X

Newspapers X has one disclosed vulnerability in the WordSec catalog, all reported in 2026; it is fixed as of September 2026. Their average CVSS score is 9.8, and the most serious one scores 9.8 out of 10. Severity breakdown: 1 critical and 0 high.

The most common weakness is Embedded Malicious Code, behind 1 of the records (100%).

The one issue recorded for Newspapers X has a vendor fix available, so running the current release closes it.

All of these findings were reported by ashv4ni. Newspapers X is installed on roughly 40 WordPress sites, so each unpatched flaw has a wide blast radius.

Strategic Overview

Avg CVSSCritical

9.8/ 10

Patch Coverage100%

Open

Fixed

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Highest severity on recordCVSS 9.8CVE-2026-81779

Newspapers X 1.0.46 - 1.0.48 - Backdoor

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Vulnerability Records

1 records


2026-08-28 00:00	Newspapers X 1.0.46 - 1.0.48 - Backdoor Newspapers X 1.0.46 – 1.0.48	`CVE-2026-81779`	9.8 Critical	ashv4ni	Yes

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Latestv1.0.49

Newspapers X

Author

Silk Themes

0.0(0)

0/100

Last Updated

2026-08-27 (7d ago)

Active Installs

40+

Downloads

10,010

Requires WP

4.7+

Requires PHP

5.6+

Created

2022-12-27 (4y ago)

Parent Theme

newspaperss

Newspapers X is a perfect WordPress theme for magazines, personal blogs, newspapers, content publishers or even newspaperss can be used for niche sites with curated contents.