Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability in NewsBlogger Theme for WordPress
CVE-2025-1305

8.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
Newsblogger
Vendor
CVE Published:
1 May 2025

What is CVE-2025-1305?

The NewsBlogger theme for WordPress is susceptible to Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF), allowing unauthenticated attackers to exploit vulnerabilities in the newsblogger_install_and_activate_plugin() function due to inadequate nonce validation. This flaw enables attackers to trick administrators into executing unauthorized actions, including uploading arbitrary files which can lead to remote code execution.

Affected Version(s)

NewsBlogger * <= 0.2.5.4

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/browser/newsblogger/0.2...
https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sf...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Gibran Abdillah
.