CVE-2025-1306
Newscrunch <= 1.8.4 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Arbitrary File Upload
HIGH 8.8EPSS 0.5%
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.
- Affected
- spicethemes · Newscrunch
- CVSS v3.1 WORDFENCE
- 8.8 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS
- 0.53% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 44th percentile
- Published
- 2025-03-04
- Updated
- 2026-04-08
Proof-of-concept exploits (1)
- Nxploited/CVE-2025-13065★ · 2025-03-29
Security advisories
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1c507681-61e9-4bf0-8fe5-e2f401a…
- https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=261789%40…
- https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/browser/newscrunch/1.8.3/functions.php#L486