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GHSA-8QMQ-QCPW-X7QQ

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-10-11 12:30 – Updated: 2025-10-11 12:30

Details

The Newsup theme for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized plugin installation due to a missing capability check on the newsup_admin_info_install_plugin() function in all versions up to, and including, 5.0.10. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to install the ansar-import plugin.

Severity

4.3 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

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CVE-2025-8682 (GCVE-0-2025-8682)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-10-11 09:28 – Updated: 2026-04-08 17:09

Title

Newsup <= 5.0.10 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Plugin Installation

Summary

Severity

4.3 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)

CWE

CWE-862 - Missing Authorization

Assigner

Wordfence

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabil…
https://research.cleantalk.org/cve-2025-8682
https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_e…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
themeansar	Newsup	Affected: 0 , ≤ 5.0.10 (semver)

Credits

Dmitrii Ignatyev

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Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

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Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-8QMQ-QCPW-X7QQ

CVE-2025-8682 (GCVE-0-2025-8682)

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