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GHSA-H79C-G26W-WC6J

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-09-26 06:30 – Updated: 2025-09-26 06:30

Details

The Featured Image from URL (FIFU) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the fifu_api_debug_posts() function in all versions up to, and including, 5.2.7. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to read private/password protected posts.

Severity ?

5.3 (Medium)


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

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    },
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      "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=\u0026sfph_mail=\u0026reponame=\u0026old=3362830%40featured-image-from-url\u0026new=3362830%40featured-image-from-url\u0026sfp_email=\u0026sfph_mail="
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CVE-2025-9984 (GCVE-0-2025-9984)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-09-26 04:25 – Updated: 2025-09-26 19:36

Title

Featured Image from URL (FIFU) <= 5.2.7 - Missing Authorization to Password Protected Post Disclosure

Summary

Severity ?

5.3 (Medium)


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

CWE

CWE-862 - Missing Authorization

Assigner

Wordfence

References

URL

Tags

	https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabil…
	https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/featur…
	https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_…

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	marceljm	Featured Image from URL (FIFU)	Affected: * , ≤ 5.2.7 (semver)

Credits

ifoundbug

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Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-H79C-G26W-WC6J

CVE-2025-9984 (GCVE-0-2025-9984)

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