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

Analyzed
Published 04-03-2025Last modified 08-04-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-1306 is a high (CVSS 8.8) Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in spicethemes newscrunch. EPSS estimates a 0.53% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 44% of scored vulnerabilities. Fixed in 1.8.4.1.

Overall risk
35/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.53%
0%100%
Low · +0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 04-03-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-04-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.53%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

44%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Increase +0.01 pp

From 0.52% on 22-09-2026

22-09-202622-10-2026

Known exploited

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CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Spicethemes1 product
Wordpress1 product
  • newscrunch≤ 1.8.4 (fixed in 1.8.4.1)

2 vendors · 2 products

References

4 links