=== Newspack Blocks === Contributors: (this should be a list of wordpress.org userid's) Donate link: https://example.com/ Tags: comments, spam Requires at least: 4.5 Tested up to: 5.1.1 Stable tag: 0.1.0 License: GPLv2 or later License URI: https://www.gn
74%
Total Score
caution
Active project, but workflow security gaps and a license mismatch make this release worth reviewing.
No build attestation or trusted-publisher provenance is available, leaving publication origin less independently verifiable.
The manifest declares GPL-2.0-or-later, while the artifact license file was detected as MIT; the repository also contains a license file, but the conflicting artifact evidence needs clarification.
The package has clear organization backing through Automattic and 18 publish accounts on its primary domain. The outside-domain accounts include blowery, ehg_, sgomes, sirbrillig, chriszarate, jeherve, wwa, newspack-npm, mrmurphy, wpvip-bot, alshakero, mehmoodak, simison, fredrikekelund, oandregal, _mirka_, and aduth, creating account-hygiene exposure despite the organizational base.
The repository has no published security policy, reducing transparency for vulnerability reporting and response.
All 17 workflows were analyzed, but one pull_request_target workflow performs an untrusted checkout, seven workflows grant top-level write permissions, 36 of 53 action references are unpinned, and high-confidence template-injection and bot-condition findings remain. The cache-poisoning findings are low confidence and therefore add little weight.
| Title | Versions | Severity |
|---|---|---|
AIKIDO-2025-10289 Pre-CVE Found by Aikido Intel before public disclosure or CVE publication. @automattic/newspack-blocks is vulnerable to Weak Password Requirements in versions 1.33.1 - 4.5.10. | 1.33.1 - 4.5.10 | Low |
| Dependency | Last Release | Score |
|---|---|---|
redux Version ^5.0.0 | — | — |
lodash Version ^4.17.21 | — | — |
swiper Version 12.2.0 | — | — |
classnames Version ^2.5.1 | — | — |
redux-saga Version ^1.5.0 | — | — |
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