CVE-2025-8682

MEDIUM 4.3

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

CVSS Score

4.3

EPSS Score

0.0%

EPSS Percentile

0th

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.

CWE	CWE-862
Vendor	themeansar
Product	newsup
Published	Oct 11, 2025
Last Updated	Apr 8, 2026

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CVSS v3 Breakdown

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

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Scope

Confidentiality

Integrity

Availability

Affected Versions

themeansar / Newsup

0 ≤ 5.0.10

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗

wordfence.com: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/939b408c-ae22-40ce-b500-317150a2da3b?source=cve research.cleantalk.org: https://research.cleantalk.org/cve-2025-8682 themes.trac.wordpress.org: https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=292407%40newsup&new=292407%40newsup&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=

Credits

Dmitrii Ignatyev