CVE-2025-1306: Newscrunch <= 1.8.4 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Arbitrary File Upload
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.
Classification
CVE ID: CVE-2025-1306
CVSS Base Severity: HIGH
CVSS Base Score: 8.8
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Problem Types
CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)Affected Products
Vendor: spicethemes
Product: Newscrunch
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
EPSS Score: 0.1% (probability of being exploited)
EPSS Percentile: 24.32% (scored less or equal to compared to others)
EPSS Date: 2025-04-02 (when was this score calculated)
References
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-1306https://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=