CVE-2026-81779

10.0 criticalEPSS 0.5%

Critical (10.0). EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input vulnerability in Silk Themes Newspapers X allows Malicious Software Implanted. This issue affects Newspapers X: from 1.0.46 through 1.0.48.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

10.0 critical

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 44% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-1284
Published: 2026-08-31
Modified: 2026-09-01
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

References

https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/theme/newspapers-x/vulnerability/wordpress-newspapers-x-theme-1-0-46-1-0-48-backdoor-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

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