{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2016-10972 exists.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2016-10972 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2016-10972 is a critical missing authorization vulnerability in n/a, published on 16 Sep 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2016-10972 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2016-10972 is a critical missing authorization vulnerability in n/a, published on 16 Sep 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2016-10972 exists.\n\nAffected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-10972/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-10972/index.md)","id":"CVE-2016-10972","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-10972/index.md","name":"CVE-2016-10972","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-jx5r-g6v9-338q"],"analysis":{"component_type":"cms_plugin","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["privilege_escalation","data_modify"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"WordPress theme","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Attackers can modify theme options without proper authorization due to missing access controls in the AJAX handler.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"missing_authorization"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"mitre","cpe":[{"product":"newspaper","vendor":"tagdiv"}],"cvss":{"score":9.8,"severity":"critical","source":"nvd","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-269","name":"Improper Privilege Management"}],"description":"The newspaper theme before 6.7.2 for WordPress has a lack of options access control via td_ajax_update_panel.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":1,"refs":[{"date":null,"kind":"nuclei","ref":"http/cves/2016/CVE-2016-10972.yaml","stars":null,"title":"Newspaper Theme 6.4–6.7.1 - Privilege Escalation"}],"tier":"weaponised"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Missing authorization in n/a","id":"CVE-2016-10972","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"missing_authorization","year":"2016"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":2,"next":{"headline":"Cross-site scripting in n/a","id":"CVE-2016-10973"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Auth bypass in n/a","id":"CVE-2016-10971"},"products":["n/a"],"published":"2019-09-16","related":[{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Cross-site scripting in n/a","id":"CVE-2017-18634","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2019-09-16"},{"cvss_score":6.1,"headline":"Newspaper \u003c 12 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting","id":"CVE-2022-2167","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2022-10-31"},{"cvss_score":6.1,"headline":"Newspaper \u003c 12 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting","id":"CVE-2022-2627","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2022-10-31"},{"cvss_score":6.1,"headline":"Cross-site scripting in n/a","id":"CVE-2021-3135","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-07-19"},{"cvss_score":5.5,"headline":"Newspaper \u003c= 12.6.5 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Attachment Meta","id":"CVE-2024-3815","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-06-15"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"MIT","name":"Nuclei templates"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-08-06","vendors":["n/a"]},"summary":"Attackers can modify theme options without proper authorization due to missing access controls in the AJAX handler.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-10972/"}