Vulnerability · Published Oct 11, 2025 · Assigned by Wordfence

CVE-2025-8682Newsup <= 5.0.10 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Plugin Installation

Medium 4.3

In plain English

A medium-severity missing authorization in Newsup from themeansar. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 17% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 82.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The Newsup theme for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized plugin installation due to a missing capability check on the newsup_admin_info_install_plugin() function in all versions up to, and including, 5.0.10. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to install the ansar-import plugin.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
themeansar Newsup 0 – through 5.0.10

Weakness: CWE-862 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

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