CVE-2025-8682CWE-862broken-access-control

CVE-2025-8682

Medium · published October 11, 2025

CVSS v3.1
4.3
EPSS
0%
Percentile
15.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
4.3 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00249 · 15.3th percentile
Weakness
CWE-862 · Missing Authorization
Published
2025-10-11T14:15Z
References (3)
https://research.cleantalk.org/cve-2025-8682 · [email protected]https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=292407%40newsup&new=292407%40newsup&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= · [email protected]https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/939b408c-ae22-40ce-b500-317150a2da3b?source=cve · [email protected]
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 11 OCT 09:28Z
    Newsup <= 5.0.10 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Plugin Installation
    cvelistv5