Vulnerability · Published Feb 19, 2026 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2025-12821NewsBlogger <= 0.2.5.6 - 0.2.5.9 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Arbitrary Plugin Installation
High 8.8
In plain English
A high-severity cross-site request forgery in NewsBlogger from spicethemes. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 34% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The NewsBlogger theme for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions 0.2.5.6 to 0.2.5.9. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the newsblogger_install_and_activate_plugin() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files and achieve remote code execution via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link. This is due to a reverted fix of CVE-2025-1305.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| spicethemes | NewsBlogger | 0.2.5.6 – through 0.2.5.9 |
Weakness: CWE-352 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9f33096a-dfd5-48c1-84d8-30a0faa2a7f5?source=cve
- https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/browser/newsblogger/0.2.5.8/functions.php#L499
- https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old=302341&old_path=%2Fnewsblogger%2F0.2.5.9%2Ffunctions.php&new=304663&new_path=%2Fnewsblogger%2F0.2.6%2Ffunctions.php