vulnerability
WordPress Plugin: featured-image-plus: CVE-2025-4431: Improper Access Control
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N) | May 29, 2025 | Jun 2, 2025 | Apr 30, 2026 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
May 29, 2025
Added
Jun 2, 2025
Modified
Apr 30, 2026
Description
The Featured Image Plus – Quick and Bulk Edit with Unsplash plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the fip_save_attach_featured function in all versions up to, and including, 1.6.4. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update featured image of any post.
Solution
featured-image-plus-plugin-cve-2025-4431
References
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-4431
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/209341fa-6761-4bc4-a921-afa98495a087?source=api-prod
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2025-16472
- CVE-2025-4431
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2025-4431
- CWE-284
- CWE-862
- EUVD-EUVD-2025-16472
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