Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability in Newscrunch Theme for WordPress

CVE-2025-1306

What is CVE-2025-1306?

The Newscrunch theme for WordPress contains a security flaw that allows unauthenticated attackers to exploit vulnerabilities in nonce validation. Specifically, the newscrunch_install_and_activate_plugin() function lacks proper checks, enabling malicious actors to upload arbitrary files by tricking site administrators into performing certain actions, such as clicking on a suspicious link. This vulnerability affects all versions up to and including 1.8.4, creating potential security risks for users running this theme.

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