CVE-2025-1306

moderate-risk
Published 2025-03-04

The Newscrunch theme for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.8.4. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the newscrunch_install_and_activate_plugin() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Do I need to act?

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1.5% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 8.8/10 High
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Spicethemes

References (3)

Product https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/browser/newscrunch/1.8.3/functions.php#L486
Patch https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=...
Third Party Advisory https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1c507681-61e9-4bf0-8fe...
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/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity 30/34 · Critical
Exploitability 4/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal