What is CVE-2025-1305?

CVE-2025-1305 is a high-severity vulnerability in Spicethemes Newsblogger, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2025-05-01.

How severe is CVE-2025-1305?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

CSRF in Spicethemes Newsblogger

CVE-2025-1305

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.

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

Published 2025-05-01 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (31.0th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 31st percentile — 31.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Spicethemes Newsblogger — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-352 — Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

References

www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7b2cac27-4a36-490f-b2d8-3c6f3… (Third Party Advisory)
themes.trac.wordpress.org/browser/newsblogger/0.2/functions.php (Product)
themes.trac.wordpress.org/changeset (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-1305?: CVE-2025-1305 is a high-severity vulnerability in Spicethemes Newsblogger, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2025-05-01.
How severe is CVE-2025-1305?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.