CVE-2025-8592: Inspiro <= 2.1.2 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Arbitrary Plugin Installation

Severity: high (CVSS 8.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2025-08-21 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-352

Description

The Inspiro theme for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 2.1.2. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the inspiro_install_plugin() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to install plugins from the repository via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Affected products

wpzoom Inspiro: through 2.1.2

References

https://research.cleantalk.org/cve-2025-8592/
https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/browser/inspiro/2.1.1/inc/admin/pluginInstaller/class-inspiro-plugin-installer.php#L67
https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=284043%40inspiro%2F2.1.3&old=282419%40inspiro%2F2.1.2
https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/228813
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/20f461d1-aeb2-4913-804c-6a081e48765a?source=cve

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