Vulnerability · Published Mar 4, 2025 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2025-1306Newscrunch <= 1.8.4 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Arbitrary File Upload
High 8.8
In plain English
A high-severity cross-site request forgery in Newscrunch from spicethemes. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 45% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code.
Official description
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 products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| spicethemes | Newscrunch | 0 – through 1.8.4 |
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/1c507681-61e9-4bf0-8fe5-e2f401a7a8be?source=cve
- https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/browser/newscrunch/1.8.3/functions.php#L486
- https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=261789%40newscrunch&new=261789%40newscrunch&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=