CVE-2025-1306 (GCVE-0-2025-1306)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-03-04 04:26
Modified
2025-03-11 16:09
Severity ?
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-352 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
Summary
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.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
spicethemes Newscrunch Version: *   ≤ 1.8.4
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