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.
History

Tue, 11 Mar 2025 17:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 04 Mar 2025 04:45:00 +0000

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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.
Title Newscrunch <= 1.8.4 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Arbitrary File Upload
Weaknesses CWE-352
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published: 2025-03-04T04:26:08.747Z

Updated: 2025-03-11T16:09:08.874Z

Reserved: 2025-02-14T19:04:18.268Z

Link: CVE-2025-1306

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-03-04T15:25:05.676Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2025-03-04T05:15:13.590

Modified: 2025-03-04T05:15:13.590

Link: CVE-2025-1306

cve-icon Redhat

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