CVE-2025-1307: Spicethemes Newscrunch

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 2.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The Newscrunch theme for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to a missing capability check in the newscrunch_install_and_activate_plugin() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.8.4.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to upload arbitrary files on the affected site's server which may make remote code execution possible.

Affected products

• Spicethemes Newscrunch: before 1.8.4.1 (fixed in 1.8.4.1)

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