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CVE-2025-1306: Newscrunch <= 1.8.4 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Arbitrary File Upload

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-03-04 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-352

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

• spicethemes Newscrunch: before 1.8.4.1 — fixed in 1.8.4.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: spicethemes Newscrunch 1.8.4.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• 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=
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1c507681-61e9-4bf0-8fe5-e2f401a7a8be?source=cve

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