cve/2022/CVE-2022-2167.md

### [CVE-2022-2167](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-2167)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Product&message=Newspaper&color=blue)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Version&message=12%3C%2012%20&color=brighgreen)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Vulnerability&message=CWE-79%20Cross-Site%20Scripting%20(XSS)&color=brighgreen)

### Description

The Newspaper WordPress theme before 12 does not sanitise a parameter before outputting it back in an HTML attribute via an AJAX action, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

### POC

#### Reference
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/ad35fbae-1e90-47a0-b1d2-f8d91a5db90e

#### Github
No PoCs found on GitHub currently.