PT-2025-9621 · WordPress · Newscrunch

Gibran Abdillah · Published 2025-03-04 · Updated 2025-03-08 · CVE-2025-1306

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Newscrunch theme for WordPress versions up to and including 1.8.4

Description The issue is related to Cross-Site Request Forgery due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the newscrunch install and activate plugin() function. This allows unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files via a forged request if they can trick a site administrator into performing a specific action, such as clicking on a link.

Recommendations For versions up to and including 1.8.4, consider disabling the newscrunch install and activate plugin() function until a patch is available to prevent exploitation. Restrict access to file upload functionality to minimize the risk of arbitrary file uploads.

Fix

RCE

CSRF

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-352

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-1306

Affected Products

Newscrunch

References · 12

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-1306 · Security Note
• https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=261789%40newscrunch&new=261789%40newscrunch&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-1306 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/113313 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/Nxploit1/status/1898173428277899648 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/latest_high_impact_cve/1907 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/cybercronai/status/1897054532699385995 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvedetector/19474 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1897133329465372773 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1896816990729150949 · Twitter Post
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1c507681-61e9-4bf0-8fe5-e2f401a7a8be?source=cve · Note
• https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/browser/newscrunch/1.8.3/functions.php#L486 · Note