CVE-2025-1306 describes a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in all versions up to and including 1.8.4 of the Newscrunch theme for WordPress. This flaw stems from inadequate nonce validation in the newscrunch_install_and_activate_plugin() function. Unauthenticated attackers can exploit this by tricking an administrator into clicking a malicious link, enabling the upload of arbitrary files. The vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a critical risk. It is remotely exploitable with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction but no prior authentication, and can lead to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code is available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. The CVE has received minimal community discussion and media coverage, suggesting low public awareness at this time.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.8.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:spicethemes:newscrunch:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.