Digital NewspaperWordPress extension · Blazethemes
CVE-2024-37198
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedCross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in blazethemes Digital Newspaper.This issue affects Digital Newspaper: from n/a through 1.1.5.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceCross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in blazethemes Digital Newspaper theme allows attackers to trick authenticated users into executing unwanted state-changing requests. The vulnerability affects all versions up to and including 1.1.5, enabling potential unauthorized actions on behalf of victims.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
Digital NewspaperWordPress extension
< 1.1.6CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Confirm Digital Newspaper theme is installedNavigate to Appearance > Themes in WordPress admin panel and verify the Digital Newspaper theme is active on the siteAffected if The Digital Newspaper theme by blazethemes is installed and active
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Locate the theme version numberIn WordPress admin, go to Appearance > Themes, click on Digital Newspaper theme details, or inspect the style.css file within the theme directory to find the version headerAffected if Version number displayed is 1.1.5 or lower
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Compare version against affected rangeCompare your installed version to the affected range: versions less than 1.1.6 are vulnerableAffected if Installed version is less than 1.1.6 (for example, 1.1.5, 1.1.4, 1.0.0, etc.)
If the Digital Newspaper theme is installed and the version is 1.1.5 or lower (less than 1.1.6), the site is affected by this CSRF vulnerability.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
dbcve · scoped1.1.6
Update to the latest version of Digital Newspaper theme when available, or implement anti-CSRF tokens (nonce verification for WordPress themes) on all state-changing forms and AJAX actions.
1.1.6
- 1. Create a complete backup of the WordPress site, including database and files
- 2. Navigate to Dashboard > Appearance > Themes in WordPress admin
- 3. Locate the Digital Newspaper theme
- 4. Update the theme to version 1.1.6
- 5. Verify the update was successful by checking the theme version in Appearance > Themes
- 6. Test that the site functionality remains intact after the update
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
Fix this in Digital Newspaper
Scoped from the published advisory
- Consultation2.0 h
- Implementation6.0 h
- Testing3.0 h
- Review / QA2.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2024-37198 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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