Name: CVE-2016-10972: Improper Privilege Management
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2019-09-16T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2016-10972, CWE-269, CVSS 9.8, EPSS 0.09268

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

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 9.8
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Newspaper Theme	—	Update Newspaper theme to version 6.7.2, or a newer patched version	Dec 8, 2025	Jun 6, 2016

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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