Is newspaper (WordPress theme) vulnerable?

WordPress newspaper has 4 known advisories in the phpwarden feed. Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28.

4advisories
2critical
0on CISA KEV
1no fix recorded
CVETitleSeverityCVSSAffectedFixed in
CVE-2016-10972The newspaper theme before 6.7.2 for WordPress has a lack of options access control via td_ajax_update_panel.critical9.8<6.7.26.7.2
CVE-2017-18634The newspaper theme before 6.7.2 for WordPress has script injection via td_ads[header] to admin-ajax.php.critical9.8<6.7.26.7.2
CVE-2021-3135An issue was discovered in the tagDiv Newspaper theme 10.3.9.1 for WordPress. It allows XSS via the wp-admin/admin-ajax.php td_block_id paramedium6.1=10.3.9.1–
CVE-2024-3815The Newspaper theme for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via attachment meta in the archive page in all versions up tomedium5.5<12.6.612.6.6

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