CVE-2016-10972: Newspaper Theme 6.4–6.7.1 - Privilege Escalation

id: CVE-2016-10972

info:
  name: Newspaper Theme 6.4–6.7.1 - Privilege Escalation
  author: pussycat0x
  severity: critical
  description: |
    Newspaper Theme versions 6.4 to 6.7.1 for WordPress lacked proper options access control through td_ajax_update_panel, which led to a Privilege Escalation vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/5365ecca-93e2-4bfc-bd4a-6f61d7d75e96/
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    cvss-score: 9.8
    cve-id: CVE-2016-10972
    cwe-id: CWE-269
    epss-score: 0.66842
    epss-percentile: 0.98472
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:tagdiv:newspaper:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    fofa-query: 'body="wp-content/themes/mTheme-Unus/"'
    vendor: tagdiv
    product: newspaper
    framework: wordpress
  tags: wpscan,cve,cve2016,wp,wordpress,wpscan,wp-theme,newspaper,passive,vkev,vuln

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/wp-content/themes/Newspaper/style.css"

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - "status_code == 200"
          - "compare_versions(version, '>= 6.4', '<= 6.7.1')"
          - "contains(body, 'Newspaper')"
        condition: and

    extractors:
      - type: regex
        part: body
        group: 1
        name: version
        regex:
          - 'Version: 		([0-9.]+)'
        internal: true
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