High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Mar 4, 2025· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2025-1306

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.

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Affected products

spicethemes/Newscrunchv5
Range: 0
WordPress/Newscrunchllm-fuzzy
Range: <=1.8.4
Spicethemes/Newscrunch
cpe:2.3:a:spicethemes:newscrunch:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Range: <1.8.4.1

Patches

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References

themes.trac.wordpress.org/changesetnvdPatch
www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1c507681-61e9-4bf0-8fe5-e2f401a7a8benvdThird Party Advisory
themes.trac.wordpress.org/browser/newscrunch/1.8.3/functions.phpnvdProduct

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