Description

The NewsBlogger theme for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to a missing capability check on the newsblogger_install_and_activate_plugin() function in all versions up to, and including, 0.2.5.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to upload arbitrary files on the affected site's server which may make remote code execution possible.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2025-1304

CVSS Base Severity: HIGH

CVSS Base Score: 8.8

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products

Vendor: spicethemes

Product: NewsBlogger

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.23% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 45.92% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-05-30 (when was this score calculated)

Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization (SSVC)

SSVC Exploitation: none

SSVC Technical Impact: total

SSVC Automatable: false

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-1304
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/85cea6b5-d57b-495e-a504-a0c1ba691637?source=cve
https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/browser/newsblogger/0.2/functions.php#L440
https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/browser/newsblogger/0.2/functions.php#L461
https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/browser/newsblogger/0.2/functions.php#L470
https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/browser/newsblogger/0.2.5.5/functions.php?annotate=blame&rev=269615#file2

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