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Vulnerability · 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 version

Published Oct 11, 2025 · catalog updated Apr 8, 2026 · Newsup

Check this week

CVE-2025-8682 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 25.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run Newsup.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
Medium4.3
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
25.00%
Remediation
Vendor / distro source
Affected products
vendor themeansar Newsup 0 ≤5.0.10

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.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • vendor themeansar Newsup 0 ≤5.0.100 ≤5.0.10

How to fix CVE-2025-8682

  • Recommended remediation

    A vendor or distribution source is linked. Check that advisory for patch availability; this catalog does not invent fix status.

  • Official advisories

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2025-8682 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 25.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run Newsup.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with themeansar Newsup 0 ≤5.0.10 0 ≤5.0.10. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 25.00%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Technology hubs

WordPress security

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Oct 11, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    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.

  2. Apr 8, 2026 · EUVD

    Updated

    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.

Sources

  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-33847

    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

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Apr 8, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.