Vulnerability · Published May 1, 2025 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2025-1305NewsBlogger <= 0.2.5.4 - 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 all versions up to, and including, 0.2.5.4. 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.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| spicethemes | NewsBlogger | 0 – through 0.2.5.4 |
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/7b2cac27-4a36-490f-b2d8-3c6f32843a38?source=cve
- https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/browser/newsblogger/0.2/functions.php#L440
- https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=269615%40newsblogger&new=269615%40newsblogger&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=