CVE-2025-1304 NewsBlogger <= 0.2.5.1 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Upload
Authenticated subscribers can upload arbitrary files via a missing capability check, potentially leading to remote code execution on WordPress sites using the NewsBlogger theme.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-1304?
CVE-2025-1304 is a high-severity vulnerability in spicethemes NewsBlogger, published on 1 May 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The NewsBlogger theme for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to a missing capability check on the newsblogger_install_and_activate_plugin() function in all versions up to, and including, 0.2.5.1. 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.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-1304?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Spicethemes Newsblogger.
How do I fix CVE-2025-1304?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-1304 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-1304 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-1304 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Other vulnerabilities in spicethemes NewsBlogger
Sources
Also known as GHSA-cc29-mj6j-7rfp.