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

Missing Authorization

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

CVE	CVE-2025-9984
CVSS	Medium (5.3)
Publicly Published	September 25, 2025
Last Updated	September 26, 2025
Researcher	ifoundbug

Description

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.

References

www.wordfence.com

1 affected software package

Software Type	Plugin
Software Slug	featured-image-from-url (view on wordpress.org)
Patched?	Yes
Affected Version	<= 5.2.7
Patched Version	5.2.8

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