Name: CVE-2022-2167: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2022-10-31T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2022-2167, CWE-79, CVSS 6.1, EPSS 0.00604

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 Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 6.1
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Newspaper Theme	—	Update Newspaper theme to version 12, or a newer patched version	Dec 8, 2025	Oct 10, 2022

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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