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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2021-3135
CVE-2021-3135:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
An issue was discovered in the tagDiv Newspaper theme 10.3.9.1 for WordPress. It allows Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) via the wp-admin/admin-ajax.php tdblockid parameter in a tdajaxblock API call (NVD, CVE).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting'). It has a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 6.1 (MEDIUM) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N, indicating that it is network accessible, requires low attack complexity, needs no privileges, but requires user interaction (NVD).
Impact
The vulnerability allows attackers to execute cross-site scripting attacks through the tdblockid parameter, potentially compromising user data and website security (WPScan).
Mitigation and workarounds
The vulnerability was fixed in Newspaper theme version 11. Users are advised to upgrade to version 11 or later to mitigate this security issue (WPScan).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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