CVE-2025-1306: Spicethemes Newscrunch

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Spicethemes Newscrunch: before 1.8.4.1 (fixed in 1.8.4.1)

Published 2025-03-04. Last modified 2026-06-17.