{"id":"CVE-2025-12821","title":"The NewsBlogger theme for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions 0.2.5.6  to 0.2.5.9","summary":"The NewsBlogger theme for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions 0.2.5.6  to 0.2.5.9. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the newsblogger_install_and_activate_plugin() function. This makes i…","severity":"high","cvss":8.8,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","cwe":["CWE-352"],"vendor":"spicethemes","product":"NewsBlogger","affected":["NewsBlogger >= 0.2.5.6 <= 0.2.5.9"],"published":"2026-02-19","updated":"2026-09-14","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-14T23:17:14.290","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-12821","references":[{"url":"https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/browser/newsblogger/0.2.5.8/functions.php#L499","label":"security@wordfence.com"},{"url":"https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old=302341&old_path=%2Fnewsblogger%2F0.2.5.9%2Ffunctions.php&new=304663&new_path=%2Fnewsblogger%2F0.2.6%2Ffunctions.php","label":"security@wordfence.com"},{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9f33096a-dfd5-48c1-84d8-30a0faa2a7f5?source=cve","label":"security@wordfence.com"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org"],"epss":0.00348,"epssPercentile":0.25698,"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"total","timestamp":"2026-02-19T17:07:28.767968Z"},"ingestedAt":"2026-09-14T23:17:06.515Z","slug":"CVE-2025-12821","body":"## Overview\n\nThe NewsBlogger theme for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions 0.2.5.6  to 0.2.5.9. 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. This is due to a reverted fix of CVE-2025-1305.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"twilight","depthScore":48,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":48.4,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}