Featured Image from URL <= 4.8.2 - Missing Authorization

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2024-37516
CVSS Medium (4.3)
Publicly Published July 5, 2024
Last Updated July 10, 2024
Researcher Rafie Muhammad
Description

The Featured Image from URL plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to an insufficient capability check on the fifu_get_private_data_permissions_check() function in versions up to, and including, 4.8.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to utilize several REST API endpoints.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug featured-image-from-url (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 4.8.2
Patched Version
  • 4.8.3
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