CVE-2025-8682

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.

Score

CVSS 3.1 4.3 Medium

Status

Deferred - security@wordfence.com

Published

2025-10-11

Last modified

2026-10-08

Weaknesses

CWE-862

Affected products

• Newsup (Themeansar)

References

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