What is CVE-2016-10972?

CVE-2016-10972 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Tagdiv Newspaper, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-09-16.

How severe is CVE-2016-10972?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2016-10972 known to be exploited?

3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Privilege escalation in Tagdiv Newspaper

CVE-2016-10972

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

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

EPSS: 0.093 (94.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Tagdiv Newspaper
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-10972?: CVE-2016-10972 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Tagdiv Newspaper, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-09-16.
How severe is CVE-2016-10972?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2016-10972 known to be exploited?: 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.