CVE-2025-8682

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

4.3 Medium

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.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: Low
User interaction: None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: None
Integrity: Low
Availability: None

Exploit likelihood

0.26%Up 0.2 points since Oct 11, 2025

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 4.3

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

Record: CVE-2025-8682
CVSS 3.1: 4.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Weakness: CWE-862
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2025-33847 4.3

Record: EUVD-2025-33847
CVSS 3.1: 4.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Updated: 2026-11-02

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8qmq-qcpw-x7qq 4.3

The Newsup theme for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized plugin installation due to a missing...

Record: GHSA-8qmq-qcpw-x7qq
CVSS 3.1: 4.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Weakness: CWE-862
Updated: 2026-11-02

NVD 4.3

Record: CVE-2025-8682
CVSS 3.1: 4.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Weakness: CWE-862
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

themeansar newsup

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2025-8682 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Themeansar Newsup, published October 11, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.26%, the 17th percentile. No source names a fixed version.