CVE-2025-1305 NewsBlogger <= 0.2.5.4 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Arbitrary Plugin Installation
Attackers can trick admins into installing malicious plugins, leading to remote code execution on WordPress sites using the NewsBlogger theme.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-1305?
CVE-2025-1305 is a high-severity vulnerability in spicethemes NewsBlogger, published on 1 May 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The NewsBlogger theme for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 0.2.5.4. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the newsblogger_install_and_activate_plugin() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files and achieve remote code execution via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Weakness: CWE-352
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-1305?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Spicethemes Newsblogger.
How do I fix CVE-2025-1305?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-1305 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-1305 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-1305 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in spicethemes NewsBlogger
Sources
Also known as GHSA-3rfj-x9v3-777c.