CVE-2016-10972
The newspaper theme before 6.7.2 for WordPress has a lack of options access control via...
The newspaper theme before 6.7.2 for WordPress has a lack of options access control via td_ajax_update_panel.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The newspaper theme before 6.7.2 for WordPress has a lack of options access control via td_ajax_update_panel.
- Record
CVE-2016-10972- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-269
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
The newspaper theme before 6.7.2 for WordPress has a lack of options access control via td_ajax_update_panel.
- Record
CVE-2016-10972- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-1963 No score
The newspaper theme before 6.7.2 for WordPress has a lack of options access control via td_ajax_update_panel.
- Record
EUVD-2016-1963- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-jx5r-g6v9-338q No score
The newspaper theme before 6.7.2 for WordPress has a lack of options access control via...
The newspaper theme before 6.7.2 for WordPress has a lack of options access control via td_ajax_update_panel.
- Record
GHSA-jx5r-g6v9-338q- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Nuclei | Newspaper Theme 6.4–6.7.1 - Privilege Escalation |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, Nuclei, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2016-10972 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Tagdiv Newspaper, published September 16, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 10.8%, the 95th percentile. No source names a fixed version.